Spike Lee's Girl 6 (1996) could be the American director's least known film, but writer and critic belle hooks, who passed away yesterday, tells us why it is arguably his most important.
Her essay on Girl 6 can be found in her collection Reel to Real: Race, Class and Sex at the Movies (1996), or you can watch hooks talk about it here, with supporting images.
Hard to imagine a world without belle hooks widening the dialogue, getting us out of our default tendency to take comfort in what we loathe for closer looks at what really ails us, and why.
I hope the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards do the right thing at their upcoming ceremonies and pay tribute to this important -- and generative -- film scholar.
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