#27. Miracle at St. Anna
Director: Spike Lee
Writers: James McBride adapts from his own novel.
Producers: Roberto Cicutto and Luigi Musini (Ne touchez pas la hache) and Lee
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Gist: Based on U.S. author James McBride’s novel about black
American soldiers fighting the German army in the mountains of Tuscany, Derek Luke
will play one of four members of the U.S. Army’s all-black 92nd Division who get
separated from their squad behind enemy lines.
Fact: Lee is quoted as saying “I met a black veteran who fought
at Iwo Jima, and he told me how disappointed he was that there was not even one
Afro-American (soldier) in Clint Eastwood’s two films”.
See It: This reminds me of one of the episodes in Roberto Rossellini Paisà (Paisan) and could be Spike Lee’s crowning acheivement.
Release Date/Status?: Currently filming, Disney will release the picture on the 10th of October.
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