Spike Lee reads a letter that President Barack Obama wrote to him in 2015, when Lee received an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to Spike Lee: Creative Sources, open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit www.brooklynmuseum.org for tickets.

See a photo of the letter and other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

This project was produced by Seaplane Armada and the Brooklyn Museum.