"He was in his 80s, but he had more energy than I that day," the filmmaker says of the legendary musician, who died Aug. 6 at 88.

Njera Perkins blasts poor marketing of Spike Lee & Denzel Washington’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ in HuffPost commentary.

"He’s like a jazz musician," Matthew Libatique explains when quizzed on his longtime collaborator Spike Lee. The two filmmakers, both native New Yorkers, have worked together on five features: Inside Man,

The singer-songwriter discusses making her film debut and writing the title track for Spike Lee’s new movie 'Highest 2 Lowest.'