Spike Lee explores his family's slave origins determined to find who owned them! | FULL EPISODE
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Published 2023-08-04
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All Comments (21)
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To me, the most profound moment in this video was Spike Lee's hands stained red with the earth of his ancestors land.
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I can relate to Spike Lee's regret regarding his grandmother. I, too, feel like I squandered a great opportunity to ask questions of my own grandmother who was born in 1896. We just don't think about that when we're young. What a wealth of information and insight we could have owned!
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I jus started the video , already in tears when he said she payed for his education. She lived to be 100 yrs old. What a matriarch she was ❤️
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Kudos to Spike and his cousin for meeting. That's quite a moment. Even if uncomfortable, it's a way to acknowledge the reality of our past.
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I would be interested in the story of how the ancestor who owned 80 acres lost them. Were they taken by fraud or force? That is another story for Spike Lee to investigate.
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A very touching story. I sure his ancestors would be so proud of the man he has become.
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Spike is absolutely correct, it was not a coincidence that he was given the name Mars by his grandmother. Our ancestors want to be remembered. I have been researching my family history for 40 years and have had some very surreal moments doing so.
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As a descendant of slaves and their slavers, it’s really hard to not bawl at the horrors of one side of my family and wonder how I got here when my mixed heritage goes back hundreds of years. Our Ancestors Survived so that We could SURVIVE!!
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Spike went to NYU with my husband's aunt and used to babysit his cousin. Later in, Spike gave one of my best friends the best opportunity for his song to be the lead track in his film. Just an inspiring person and good people.
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I can’t imagine losing your mother so young. My most sincerest condolences. Your grandmother was an exceptional woman. ❤
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The moment when Spike connected his famous charscter's name to his Great-grandfather Marz was, for me, that moment of truly connecting to his ancestry. It was so spiritual for him.
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It always makes my stomach turn thinking/hearing about someone "owning" another human being. I admire and respect Spike Lee so much. You can tell how much his mother and grandmother influenced his life and how much he loved them. They were two very beautiful ladies.
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I look forward to a Spike Lee film on slavery. He is truly a gifted film maker.
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It’s amazing how far Spike got. One thing I have never seen considered on this show is that if the slave owner was not the father there were others on a plantation that may be able to be found. The overseer for instance.
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The most profound moment for me was when she asked how do you feel and he responded I just can't love the man or his wife or anyone who participated in slavery of another human being...❤
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I can only imagine all the emotions he felt and still feels after this
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We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. For good or ill they are where we came from. How we use that information should form our lives, and the lives of our children and grandchildren. Thank you Spike Lee, for doing so much for us, all of us.
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The bit about not interviewing someone who lived to 100 hit me so hard…I have a great aunt who died at 98 but I didn’t really get interested in family history until a couple years later :/
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My grandmother was a deaf mute. What I'd learned about my history came from my mother and her recollection of her own family and mine. I miss her so much, RIPower Mom
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Aww spike lee's guilt to not record his granny. 😢 sweet man. I felt that in my soul.
