Giant Steps to Change the World by Spike Lee

Giant Steps to Change the World by Spike Lee

On some days your dreams may seem too away far to realize. Listen to the whispers of those that came before.

Following the success of their much beloved picture books, Please, Baby, Please and Please, Puppy, Please; Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee, and his talented wife Tonya Lewis Lee offer up an inspirational picture book about activism and taking the big steps to set things right set to beautiful illustrations by the award-winning Sean Qualls. Using examples of people throughout history who have taken giant steps, this book urges kids to follow in their footsteps and not be hindered by fear or a sense that you are not good enough. Despite the challenges, even the smallest step can change the world. So, what's your next step going to be?

SPIKE LEE is a writer, director, actor, producer and author who revolutionized the role of black talent in cinema. Widely regarded as a premiere African-American filmmaker, Lee is a forerunner in the 'do it yourself' school of independent film.Lee's most recent theatrical release is Miracle at St Anna, and other critical and box office successes have included Inside Man, 25th Hour, and Summer of Sam. Many of Lee's films have earned various awards and nominations, including his 1989 film, Do the Right Thing, which garnered an Academy Award(R) nomination for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film and Director awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Brooklyn, Lee returned to the south to attend Morehouse College. After graduation, Lee continued his education at New York University where he received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in film production. Lee then founded 40 Acres and Mule Filmworks based in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. Since 2002, Lee has been Artistic Director of the Graduate Film Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.JASON MATLOFF is a film journalist who has been writing about movies for more than a decade. He was on staff at Premiere Magazine for several years, where he put together oral histories on the Indiana Jones trilogy, Ghostbusters, and Platoon. His articles and interviews have appeared in Premiere, Spin, Empire, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe and The Hollywood Reporter. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.

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ISBN 13	9780689868153
ISBN 10	0689868154
Title	Giant Steps to Change the World
Author	Spike Lee
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2011-01-04
Number of pages	40
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.