Spike Lee's new work, a Netflix original Vietnam war film, Da 5 Bloods, is a unique look at the immortality of the Vietnam War
Da 5 Bloods Jonathan Majors, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters and Delroy Lindo. Picture: DAVID LEE / NETFLIX
“For me, as a film maker, I love [to make the] audiences decide. To this day, people will stop me on the street and ask – and not just in New York City, all over the world – ‘Spike, who did the right thing?’ And I tell them, ‘You tell me.’” About the limited stories told about the experience of black Vietnam soldiers – something the surviving Bloods talk about, too, Lee says: “African-Americans have fought for this country from the very beginning.
During the interview, the name Ahmaud Arbery made global headlines after he was fatally shot – an unarmed black man attacked by two white men while jogging. “War is brutal, but we were very careful on how we depicted the violence. We wanted it to be brutal but there’s a difference between showing what’s real and then gratuitous violence.”
US President Donald Trump plays a background role in the film. Lindo’s character, the argumentative and domineering Paul, shocks his old friends when he reveals that he’s a supporter.
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