“There are such a lot of individuals right here that I really like,” Mr. Lee stated, highlighting two particularly, Invoice “Greenback Invoice” Bradley, the previous U.S. senator and New York Knicks participant, and Tonya Lewis Lee, the producer and Mr. Lee’s spouse. That they had celebrated their thirtieth marriage ceremony anniversary the day earlier than.
“Two nice days in a row,” Mr. Lee stated.
“However I all the time come after the Knicks,” Ms. Lee stated.
The exhibition, “Spike Lee: Creative Sources,” options greater than 400 objects from the filmmaker’s private assortment, together with household pictures, artwork and sports activities memorabilia.
“He’s an enormous fan. He’s an enormous collector, massive hoarder,” stated Cinqué Lee, Mr. Lee’s brother, an actor and filmmaker.
Upstairs, simply previous the museum’s American Wing, Mr. Lee rallied buddies collectively — which included Mr. Bradley, Adam Driver, Don Lemon and Robin Roberts — and guided them by way of the exhibition on the fifth ground.
“When individuals would come to my workplace in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, they’d all the time say, ‘It’s similar to I’m going right into a museum,’” stated Mr. Lee, who was carrying a blue Brooklyn Dodgers hat and a Dodgers warm-up jacket. “And the actual fact is, it was a museum, but it surely was not for the general public.”
As Mr. Lee walked by way of sections of the exhibition — Black historical past and tradition, Brooklyn, sports activities, music, images, cinema historical past and household — he greeted actors like Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.
