It looks like Spike Lee has taken home one of the coolest awards I have ever seen! We get news of his plunder thanks to the professionals at Variety.
Spike Lee has nabbed the Wexner Prize, which carries a $50,000 purse and a silver sculpture in the shape of a hammer. The innovative artist award was presented to Lee, the 13th artist to receive the award presented by the Wexner Center Foundation.
Limited Brands founder and prexy Les Wexner called the filmmaker “a bold creative spirit who is unafraid to provoke and challenge us.”
A silver hammer is a mighty award indeed! How kick ass would this be on your mantle-place?! Spike Lee is a worthy recipient of this prize, he seeks to push the envelope and educate using film as a platform in which to preach. I grew up watching his films and always valued that he had an opinion and a vision for a better world.
I have yet to see When The Levees Broke, but from what my amigos are telling me – it is incredible. I need to get that one stat and may even try to get to it this weekend in celebration of Lee’s hammer win. Spike Lee is a storyteller in the vein of Aesop and we at the movieblog salute him.
