The Revolutionary Art Of Spike Lee’s New Netflix Film | Emory Douglas x Da 5 Bloods | Netflix

Spike Lee gives an unprecedented look behind the scenes at creating the movie posters for his latest joint, Da 5 Bloods. This short documentary features Kenny Gravillis, art director for the marketing campaign and includes a special in-depth conversation with artist & activist Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, whose work inspired the film's key art.
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Four African American veterans return to Vietnam decades after the war to find their squad leader's remains - and a stash of buried gold. From Spike Lee.

[@natedoggg2002]

Delroy Lindo acted his ass off and gave a unforgettable powerful performance of a lifetime as the tormented Vietnam veteran Paul. He should win an Oscar for Best Actor.

[@garytelford7897]

The film has gotten good enough reviews to be featured in the forthcoming awards season because that's how it works...but it has to be shown in theatres yet to qualify for awards.

[@JohnSmith-vy7ck]

Gary Telford This year the Academy of MPSA is allowing streaming movies because of COVID-19. Think it was April 28 when they made the decision public.

[@garytelford7897]

@@JohnSmith-vy7ck that's interesting John Smith....😯 Well, i personally still need a movie to actually be shown in theatres though to be considered a movie and qualify as one..otherwise it's just a very sophisticated TV movie as Spielberg has said...yes, in this instance, as far as Spike was concerned, he set out to make a theatrical feature..but even the post production, post Covid, could have been to consequently, upon completion, cater to a smaller screen...who knows. The pitch was queered so to speak nonetheless...call me a pedant but until Da 5 Bloods gets some kind of theatrical release before January, it aint yet a movie. Very muddled times.

[@rob_3417]

He was amazing

[@audreychatman1591]

Yes Delroy Lindo should... I cried when those men killed him😢

[@eddieg849]

Thank you Spike Lee for all your movies you're such a genius and you know when you're watching a Spike Lee movie it makes you feel alive

[@ingridfrancetravels]

“If you didn’t serve in the military, you serve more time in jail as a juvenile than an adult” 😱 History lessons in this film....

[@kaukomarsu]

This history, all the suffering and brutality, al the decades and centuries of injustice. It breaks your heart to see that so much time has passes, and so many wrongs still have not been corrected. It is high time America makes big changes. Now.

[@johnbasedow8973]

It’s really sad how dumb your brain is.

[@mjgfromDDD]

@@johnbasedow8973 what is so dumb about that statement?

[@johnbasedow8973]

Michael Garcia DTX to destruct the ignorance of that comment would take a paradigm shift in your mind that’s not gonna happen so I’ll just say one thing. YOUR PHONE IS LYING TO YOU.

[@mjgfromDDD]

@@johnbasedow8973 lol it's a simple question man, but seems to hard for you to answer so I'll go to someone else.

[@ibobpebplaub9354]

@@mjgfromDDD In the past, yes... white been treating minorities bad but to blamed the past generation on today's is pure crap!!! Why you blamed your failure on other races, that's what I like to know?

[@Theimmortalmisfit]

I know for a fact that spike compensated him very well for his efforts, Henry is a legend and should be treated as such

[@Realistic_Management]

Spike Lee is truly one of the greats

[@TheLegacy125]

Movie of the year so far to me! And delroy lindo should win actor of the year his performance was masterful

[@getsmarty7603]

I agree! He did an amazing job.

[@riverofcustard5027]

The movie was dogshit, dude

[@72chickensoup]

Movie of the year? Actor of the year? I was amazed how bad it was, acting and story line. Spike Lee is a great director and storyteller, but this stank. Worst movie I've seen in awhile.

[@TheLegacy125]

@@72chickensoup stfu white boy

[@72chickensoup]

@@TheLegacy125 Get over it, pubic head.

[@richmck007]

Watched it. Pure Spike Lee written all over this. Word. And he tells it like it is. Never doubted Spike to come up with the goods which will twist every way but loose! A mixed bag of emotions in this drama of a war that apart from having nothing to do with the black man at the time as Delroy Lindo puts it, was also a war America should not have gotten into.

[@jazdux6651]

The most important storyteller of our time.

[@africanhistory]

Ru serious

[@sovenhyre724]

AHS Society he's right. Spike has elevated himself into the tier of directors like Scorcese and Wong Kar Wai. No contemporary director makes energetic political masterpieces like he has and is doing.

[@nicholasKMAmusic]

Totally agree

[@forestpark73]

Agreed

[@shannonlstephens86]

Spike’s life commitment of creating and bringing the essence of black ppl life to the forefront is so honorable and his works are beyond appreciated. Thanks so much for the great works 🙌🏾

[@focus9489]

pike, i am a Vet 20 years, and black military people do not act like that. You do not have Vet's consent to make them look stupid because you are acting in the best interest of black people. That is an awful depiction of black military people. You are a sell out.

[@mamacakaiyaosotundefasuyi2262]

This captured the essence of our comrade brother Emory Douglas...always been for the People! His artwork will always be relevant! And Right On to Spike Lee who is indeed a griot of our Tribe...Africans born in the Diaspora. Blessings flow...

[@ela3764]

Spike Lee is the goat🐐

[@ramneekbala1856]

Da 5 Bloods is Legendary.

[@harshaltrawadi2938]

U watched it already??Is The Movie Is Really Good Bcoz The Trailer Looked Promising And I Believe In The Work Of Spike Lee

[@MrFinlo28]

Str8 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Cant wait to watch it again. 2nd time around will probably be even better.!.

[@edupbeat]

Yea, Delroy should get nominated for best actor. He did a phenomenal job!

[@edupbeat]

Delroy should get nominated for best actor, he was that good in it!

[@coreyhoward7213]

I said the same thing! I thought he went to Vietnam!

[@DoodlesHD719]

Marlon Brando relevant more than ever in 2020.

[@benwasserman8223]

Because his Oscar protest and A Dry White Season?

[@garytelford7897]

@@benwasserman8223 No. There was much more to his standing up for what was right than those two things.

[@benwasserman8223]

@@garytelford7897 Yeah but Brando was unusually bold as a Civil Rights advocate in Hollywood during that era. Those moments stand out in terms of his performance content though.....

[@tonyjeffers2606]

Man like brando💥💥💥

[@truthseekeralways7050]

It's Good To Know I am Fan of MB 🎯💯💞👍🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

[@GotuwanPankshin]

This guy must have seen the future while making this movie. Unbelievably intertwined with today's issues.

[@lucasconrad9515]

The sad thing is that this film would’ve been relevant no matter when it came out

[@Sigshalome]

@@lucasconrad9515 ☝🏽bingo. But it's a comment section full of thinkers like yourself that hold truth that there is a better future.

[@musicmann1967]

Douglas Emery's work was incredible. Beautiful and striking.

[@reinam3848]

Spike you are indeed a "keeper of our history". We appreciate you!

[@lashaundadiaz7453]

Spike Lee is and has always been my favorite movie producer! The messages from his movies always leave you deep in thought. This man has an amazing gift. This movie was EXCELLENT!!! I did not expect anything less from him! I'm still upset that all of them got killed except for Otis. This movie was POWERFUL!!! AMAZING WORK MR. LEE!!!

[@doublefeatures6312]

I've seen this movie and it's heartbreaking, overwhelming, and one of Netflix's *best* . Spike Lee perfectly tackles racism from Vietnam to present-day. Had me crying by the end. 👏

[@AAAGameVids]

oh its already out? i had no idea! i have to see this!

[@safeatthird6060]

Right on Mr. Lee TELL IT LIKE IT IS, I was there thank god for Marvin Gaye's music when I came home it save my life. Literally

[@allinthefam8898]

This film has my emotions everywhere....

[@DRCrimeCircle]

Dang my grandpa fought the war I feel represented thanks so much for the African experience

[@paddymcgrath9721]

Da 5 Bloods, Can Spike see the future? My best friend was first AD on this film so I admit a bias but I would say this is a remarkable piece of filmmaking and a story for these times. I was born in 1957 as was Spike Lee and was from the beginning a purveyor of his films, I have managed to interweave this learned experience into the fabric of my own African American experience. I married a black woman in 1976 and have been chronologically immersed in the same struggles of our times. Through his films I have been able to glean the nuanced messages of the black experience and struggle. My wife and myself and latter our mixed race son shared an early experience as the outliers. We see this and its sad depiction when one Blood meets his Afro-Asian daughter after all those years. In this film as with most of Lee’s work you see the fruits of thrusting cultures together and all that it entails. In Jungle Fever he helped me understand the nuance of shade, in “Do the right Thing” the fabric of the urban experience. In many of these films there is a foreboding and an impending suspense or doom. The opiates strewn on the jungle floor set off a clock as to whether that bill would become due. The mental illness and its residue sets off another as to if they may succeed in extracting the gold. And the gold which has historically set off madness in all men and pits them against each other at times. For the first time in a Vietnam saga Lee is exploring the Vietnamese’s pain and their regard for the returning invaders. In this we see that racism is a sword that cuts many ways. The French colonial adventurers also laid a stratification of pain inflicted as the earlier invaders. Not unlike Afghanistan the Vietnamese suffer and endure. It would seem we require an oppressed minority director to better understand the plight of the invaded. The jungle like the desert washes away all pasts but as they dug for gold I am worried about land mines, again present in the foreshadowing. Having spent extensive time on the Asian continent I am aware of how difficult it is to integrate. You can feel invisible when you’re there and you never know what people are thinking. How difficult it must be for them to greet those who have inflicted so much with open arms. There is vulnerability for the people that return to these places. I experienced that while in Libya just before the war. You feel that all they have to do is change their mind about you and your safety is no longer assured. When I’ve been in dangerous places like Haiti or Cuba or Libya I think of “The Deer Hunter” and wonder if I’ll ever leave this place. I found Lee able to capture a sense of irony which pervades every element of this story. The anguish is palpable and the lost opportunity to have a meaningful relationship with the son tears at your heart. What could have been a better look into the future than this? This tale anticipates every need that has come so recently to light.

[@dlg5485]

9:15 This is some of the most emotionally engaging poster art I've seen in decades, truly inspired.

[@ilanerickson6047]

To be honest the poster at 9:15 is one of the best posters I’ve ever seen

[@techwood16]

Give this brother his flowers while he's here, standing ovation for spike

[@charlessingletonjr6294]

SHOUT OUT ⚖️ SPIKE LEE 🏁 DO THE RIGHT THING 🎗️

[@hoboringmaster8029]

This felt like a spike D joint frfr

[@rickeyharris3961]

Spike is the essence of black film art and much bigger, American film!! Thanks for telling our stories Spizike

[@anthonylamont6518]

I love Emory Douglas. He is a national treasure. Oh yeah, spike is alright.

[@montalvojr]

Thank you for your service sir. We need the artist and revolutionaries now more than ever. Power to the people!!! Pa'lante compañero!!!!!

[@greenlight9988]

This is so powerful. Blessings to everyone involved with this project

[@Flysh1ton1y]

My aunt was a Brown Beret,she walked along the Black Panthers back when they joined forces. I have her picture on my wall with a Black Panther next to her, she's lived an amazing life. I stand with my black brothers & sisters. My aunt always would say "if you die for what you believe in, your purpose on earth has been fulfilled"

[@retromodernism1799]

Serious respect for the movie and for the smarts to bring Emory Douglas on-board. Fabulous graphic art which couldn't be more appropriate aesthetically and culturally. LIKE bigtime!

[@VeveMuse]

Right On Spike. I love the way u use your platform to tell our Black American Stories of Struggle in the Belly of this Beast called America. I RAspect u for this. I'm an Black Mama Elder (Iyamie) and I've been watching yr career ever since she got to have it. Now u are an Elder and u finally understand u are one of our Black African American Griots, (Storyteller.) We recently lost ( under suspicious circumstances, another of our Black Griots. John Singleton R.I.P. and many more before him. But you Spike are doing yr thang and with this movie right here, makes me so proud of U and yr vision....Ase ooo

[@tupacbarber8851]

Well said!👍

[@DomCTBG]

And THIS is why I've always said I would NEVER fight in the military for this country.

[@solidlaw911]

Delroy Lindo deserves an Oscar for that monologue ✊🏽

[@MrSolonolo]

I am very grateful for this film. I wept cathartically. The film reached deeply into my own experience growing up in the 60's with a mother who was heavily involved in civil rights activism during those years. For lack of better words.... thank you again from the core of my own soul Spike Lee.

[@davidphillips2177]

Spike is the consummate film director.

[@atribecalledjudah5436]

The best film in 2020, it will win Best Picture. It made me cry for many reasons. I love being black. ✊🏾

[@audreychatman1591]

Thank you, Mr. Spike Lee! The film is amazing and tells a much needed story ✊🏽✊🏽

[@louise-yo7kz]

I've started to watch the film. Powerful so far. Delroy Lindo is King. What an awesome presence

[@BlackQueen0109]

Such an euphoric feeling of history and art. I embraced every minute. Takes me to another place.

[@benwasserman8223]

Just watched Da 5 Bloods. Best film of 2020 so far and by god are stories like this relevant.

[@rayzrealm]

*This movie allowed me to release a lot of pain.* *How is Spike Lee not a top 5 director off all time?* *Wait until you find out who turned down the role of Stormin' Norm.*

[@sovenhyre724]

Spike is a massively underrated director. He has a more respectable filmography than the corn brothers and other respected contemporaries. He's a legend and while he has made several bad movies, hes one of America's greatest directors ever.

[@getsmarty7603]

@RCP Pilot no doubt. Why would they comment that and not say who?

[@jaym9200]

Did they turn it down or was it bc of a schedule conflict?

[@focus9489]

BIG MITCH 13 seconds ago (edited) Spike, i am a Vet 20 years, and black military people do not act like that. You do not have Vet's consent to make them look stupid because you are acting in the best interest of black people. That is an awful depiction of black military people. You are a sell out.

[@joanaffleck2455]

I love Spike Lees films as they speak the truth that is always shoved under the rug of greed and selfishness. His films bring light to reality and there is not one film I have never disliked. He is not a coward; he is bold and a historian.

[@ptonfire1]

"Soul brother,why do fight for a counrty who dont like or respect u" -Vietnamese DJ Girls. Thanks Agian Mr Spike LEE for giving Chad Bozeman a buetiful send off ALSO.

[@VocallyYours3]

I’m going to watch this movie tonight !!🎥

[@jeanbeya6860]

(SPOILER ALERT) I like how the characters were all named after members of The Temptations, with David joining the group late and Otis being the only surviving original member.

[@CBii11]

I suspect everybody that grew up in Detroit around this era as I, watched this movie and caught it right off.

[@centerfold8]

Good point

[@davidle4936]

Spike Lee must win or nominated an Oscar, or a Golden Globe for his direction !!!

[@cleveapollo8049]

Thanks Soo much for the work we need reperations peace

[@ajwaddanwarr3409]

This movie was amazing must watch

[@9etherking707]

A beautiful document of Spike's determination and body of work!

[@driaprivate4524]

I really enjoyed it. Thank you for giving closure to some of our Black Vietnam vets. 👏 Bravo

[@popsniper7617]

thank you spike lee. I LOVE THIS MOVIE

[@colinsmith7199]

Malcom X is the best Spike Lee joint imo. I thought this movies script was a lot weaker than some of his other films. Also some really odd uses of cgi that were poor. Still love ya Spike🙌

[@sovenhyre724]

Do the right thing is Spikes masterpiece. Nothing else comes close. That's a top 5 American film ever.

[@ileanahernandez1709]

I like his movies and he had excellent actors however I liked some parts and others found laking.Lando was great .

[@critical-thought-4all561]

@Marvin Bennett Respectfully, Spike Lee only executive produced "Drop Squad" -- that's all. Thus, it isn't considered a Spike Lee film. Please give its director David C. Johnson credit for that. (But I hear you on "Bamboozled.")

[@MrReal717]

This is so relevant today! Ain't nothing changed but the weather.

[@p.w.7493]

Thank you, Spike Lee, for ALWAYS telling our story as no one has EVER done!! Great work as usual and thanks again, for paying homage to ours!! You're, indeed,, our MINISTER of CULTURE, lol😁!!👍💕💯

[@CrazyKemo_0]

Felt like I was sitting on a cloud just floating through history.

[@erinwashington5394]

Emory Douglas is a legend!!!!!

[@riverofcustard5027]

To me, this movie had such potential to be a one of the greatest movies in the last years focusing on the Vietnam war and racism of that era and it ended up being a stereotypical angry asian/french villain boring movie, disregarding all the rich foundation of the beginning of the movie.

[@ajwaddanwarr3409]

Also unpopular opinion this movie was better than blackkkklansman

[@jrob4795]

Ummm...i can see why you would say that...i honestly think they're on the same level.

[@turtle2125]

Nothing unpopular about just stating a fact! Anyone who wasn't in tears when Delroy decided to go into the woods by him doesn't have a soul.

[@jrob4795]

@@turtle2125 well I must be a soulless mutha than because it didn't make me cry...now was it a brilliant scene executed by a brilliant actor, and director? Hell yeah it was, but nah...i didn't cry there...i teared up a little at the MLK scene though...i felt that...can't imagine how my brothas and sistas felt hearing that news.

[@turtle2125]

@@jrob4795 I had to pause it for a minute to get through that scene but I also can't watch Publix commercials without crying soo...

[@jrob4795]

@@turtle2125 Publix is a store right? Lmao

[@altonchaney63]

I watched it three times today great movie!

[@kumailshah6058]

Man this shit makes you cry. Spike da God

[@AAAGameVids]

im ready to see this! i love Vietnam War movies!

[@funkhouse5936]

Thank you Emory what a hero and a gentleman

[@walterearl5138]

Soooooo amazing beautiful brother!!!

[@sousaechao2903]

shoutout to emory douglas! met the brother in the streets of downtown oakland in 2014. dude does not age just like his art.

[@mommasitayoung148]

Just SimplyThank you From My Heart ! This Is truly for our ancestors and our generation of heritage.🙏🏽

[@legalmemories]

So interesting - what a great story and history around creating the artwork for Da 5 Bloods

[@savehimgffff1777]

This was really well done. Spike will always be an Inspiration to me. Emory is a god.

[@annmadigan9072]

Thank you soooo much for putting this story into film. Not only in the context of the Black Story but for Black families affected by this war.

[@christopherdavis163]

Netflix evaluation should reach trillions of dollars for all the great content on their platform!!

[@kinggodtravis]

I really needed this to be longer, wish it was a two hour documentary.

[@focus9489]

BIG MITCH 13 seconds ago (edited) Spike, i am a Vet 20 years, and black military people do not act like that. You do not have Vet's consent to make them look stupid because you are acting in the best interest of black people. That is an awful depiction of black military people. You are a sell out.

[@TransBorderscapes]

A work of art, a masterpiece. I’ve noticed the critiques to this film are coming from a place of ignorance. This is a truly decolonial film, in a multiplicity of ways.

[@Africanwaistline]

I can’t wait to see this.

[@papichefitup]

Spike is a national beautiful black treasure

[@jessejackson9618]

Emory Douglas is the man.

[@JKevin1977]

‘This was a great movie! It started off with the independent film look, so I was very surprised and excited when the crash, fighting, and explosive scenes came around. I also appreciated the eclectic music arrangement used when the team shot there way in to Veitnam, but it felt like it created too much emotion when I was not yet attached to the characters yet. “War”, even-though cleche , would have fit nice... Great Film over all 👍🏿

[@karlos94954]

Awesome look behind the scenes at the creative process that went into the poster art of the flick. I remember vividly the impact of Emory's art in the BPP Newspaper, and on a whole generation of revolutionaries who loved the BPP. One thing that was not captured in the flick was the influence of revolution among Blacks in the armed forces. It seemed to focus on individuals motivated by individual narratives and concerns in a narrow context.

[@Eseibio__]

Long live the black panther party fighting spirit of melvin Dickson

[@jenhasken]

I got a letter from the government, the other day, I opened and read it it said they were suckers. They wanted me for their army or whatever, picture me giving a damn I said never! (PE) ♥️ Spike

[@gregoryhill5222]

I haven't seen the movie yet I served in Vietnam from December 1968 until December 1969

[@FixFilmsLtd]

Brilliant film which uses style and action to make very important social points! The cast are incredible and what an amazing director!

[@d.edwardsfreelanceeditorvi4212]

I liked it, wish some things would have been done different. Delroy did do a great job.

[@brunocamara8691]

Awesome and deep movie! Thumbs up!

[@RyanLBrown9396]

It has to happen It needs to happen It WILL happen ✊🏾

[@kennethscott4768]

I LOVED THIS MOVIE....EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE👍👍👍👍👍

[@andrewmccall837]

Your one of my hero’s Spike Lee

[@Sleepnasti]

Thank you spike lee

[@dalmar5567]

Great can wait to see ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@amosculbreth5308]

Such a great movie, thank you Spike

[@brotherlybondproduction]

Thank you spike lee. I love all your movies brother

[@rasta-moumou9749]

Thank u dear brothers for ur Amazing work..really inspiring ...bless u....WE shall overcome...much much respect from algeria...the battle must goes on..peace

[@percywhite7093]

Great movie! Thanks you Mr. Spike Lee.

[@Niatate]

Awesome! Definitely watching this

[@daimonmarioperez9501]

All I can is WOW !!!!

[@bligit384]

We love you Spike !!!!!!!

[@suelyparentesouza]

Love you Spike Lee...