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Malcolm x. >> its hard to mix the phenomenon called spike lee. spike lee is a black man who has reached the top of white culture. hes done it his way. >> malcolm x is impressive achievement in terms of not being one of these small independent emergent new voices connected to hip hop and a big about 3:20. >> i asked if he was worried the movie would not appear to a broad audience. >> if its good enough, people will come. the minute black artist start thinking about crossover, they start diluting ...

Of any eventuality. >> we find the defendant not guilty. >> i dont think many people were expecting, not reporters. >> it struck us all with great disgust because we thought that by those pictures, even fair minded people would know the injustice of what happened to him. >> there is no justice. >> there is no justice. >> the first and most spontaneous reaction came from john singleton. >> were sitting on a bomb. >> they let these people off from the attempted murder of rodney king. i told everyb...

The minute black artist start thinking about crossover, they start diluting the work, watering it down and the work suffers. >> when we look at the john singletons and the spikes, all the way across the board, this became the era where we took charge of our own culture, our own cultural icons and telling our own stories expressed in music, theater or cinema. >> the los angeles, one woman is stirring memories and trying to bring about understanding of the events that tore the city apart a year ag...

>> i asked if he was worried the movie would not appear to a broad audience. >> if its good enough, people will come. the minute black artist start thinking about crossover, they start diluting the work, watering it down and the work suffers. >> when we look at the john singletons and the spikes, this became the era where we took charge of our own culture, our own cultural icons and telling our own stories expressed in music, theater or cinema. >> in los angeles, one woman is stirring memories a...

>> you didnt see him to have a weapon? >> yes, i did. >> what kind of a weapon did he have? >> it was his body. >> were ready. were well prepared to take care of any eventuality. >> we find the defendant not guilty of a crime of assault. >> i dont think many people were expecting, not reporters. >> it struck us all with great disgust because we thought that by those pictures, even fair minded people would know the injustice of what happened to him. >> there is no justice. >> there is no justice....

In new york a black film is being premiered every week. among those drawing particular review is "boys in the hood." directed by john singleton. >> i wanted to make what was voiced as i seen as a young black man growing up in los angeles. the los angeles police department was an occupying voice. it really became a war zone. >> i didnt do nothing. >> you think you tough, huh. >> four los angeles police officer who is appeared in that video tape of the rodney king beating went on trial today. >> d...

Start diluting the work, watering it down and the work suffers. >> when we look at the john singletons and the spikes, this became the era where we took charge of our own culture, our own cultural icons and telling our own stories expressed in music, theater or cinema. >> t los angeles, one woman is stirring memories and trying to bring about an understanding of the events that tore the city apart a year ago. shes taken the riot and turned it into theater. twilight is one of the 26 people she be...

The whole new wave of black films with black stars by black directors. in new york a black film is being premiered every week. one now is boys in the hood directed by john singleton. >> i wanted to make what was voiced as i had seen as a young black man growing up in los angeles. the los angeles police department was an occupying voice. >> i didnt do nothing. >> you think you tough, huh. >> four los angeles police officer who appeared in that video tape of the rodney king beating went on trial t...

>> he misremembered. he misremembered. go ahead, john. >> another subpart of this investigation is that comey i have read that was a collective decision by the bureau and as well as talking to the kwhiwhit house about whether to give this information to trump or not. >> so he sought the advice of different people. >> exactly. >> can i ask you real quick about sessions and i do have to go. for him saying that sessions if he had known he was going to recuse himself and then saying he gave really b...

Im not sure well find out exactly what happened in that meeting. >> dwim running out of time. >> what we will find out next week in those hearings is whether any of these people can tell a coherent truthful story and thats going to be their biggest point of jeopardy moving forward. even the president said he didnt tell comey anything about the flynn firing -- >> thats not what he said. he said he doesnt recall having that conversation. >> i understand that but comey has said he flat out said tha...