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Christoph Waltz as Schultz and Jamie Foxx as Django in 'Django Unchained,' directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centers on a slave trying to rescue his wife from a Mississippi plantation.

‘Django Unchained’ escapist and thought-provoking

Jan 9, 2013 ◇ Sam Fulwood III/Center for American Progress

If it hadn’t have been for Spike Lee, I might have blissfully ignored "Django Unchained," the much-talked-about Quentin Tarantino movie about a revenge-minded slave set in pre-Civil War America. There's nothing like a race-based pop culture contretemps to provoke racial chatter. Read more»

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Filmmaker Spike Lee to lecture at UA Wednesday

Mar 29, 2010 ◇ Maggie Golston/TucsonSentinel.com

The UA's University Activities Board will host a lecture by filmmaker, activist and New York Yankees fan Spike Lee this Wednesday at Centennial Hall. Read more»

Filmmaker Spike Lee, 2007.

Gotta have it: Spike Lee tickets $5 this week

Mar 2, 2010 ◇ Dylan Smith/TucsonSentinel.com

Tickets for a March lecture by Spike Lee will be available to UA students at a presale rate of $5 Thursday and Friday. Read more»


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