School Daze

The Spike Lee classic turned 25 this year. Did you know all this drama was happening behind the scenes?

Spike Leeâ??s remarkably assured 1986 directorial debut, Sheâ??s Gotta Have It, didnâ??t just display promise; it promised greatness. It wasnâ??t apparent at the time, however, what form that greatness might take.

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At historically black Mission College, the activist-minded Dap (Larry Fishburne) immerses himself in a world of political rhetoric and social movements -- one day he hopes to rally the students as a united front.

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Spike Leeâ??s â??School Dazeâ? is the first movie in a long time where the black characters seem to be relating to one another, instead of to a hypothetical white audience.

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A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college. The clashing of frat & sorority ideologies sets the backdrop for Spike Lee's second feature length movie which issues of colourism and wannabe become hotly contested.

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Directed by Spike Lee. With Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Kyme. A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.

School Daze is a 1988 American musical comedy drama film, written and directed by Spike Lee, and starring Larry Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell-Martin. Based in part on Spike Lee's experiences at Atlanta's Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University, it is a story about fraternity and sorority members clashing with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend. It also touches upon issues of real and perceived racism related to skin tone bias and hair texture within the African-American community. The second feature film by Spike Lee, School Daze was released on February 12, 1988 by Columbia Pictures.