New York Film Critics Awards: Spike Lee Says Trump “Will Go Down in History With the Likes of Hitler”
“It’s a very sad day in the history of America,” said Spike Lee in a video recorded on Jan. 6, shortly after the riot at the U.S. Capitol, accepting a special prize from the New York Film Critics Circle, the 86th annual and first virtual awards ceremony of which was disseminated on Sunday.Lee, who was being honored for his pandemic-era short film New York, New York, continued, “The whole world is laughing at the United States of America, the so-called cradle of democracy. … We’re at a crossroads now, and everybody please be safe. This ... ...