Spike Lee remembers novelist Toni Morrison and a portrait of her painted by artist Tim Okamura. In 2020, Morrison (1931–2019) was commemorated as one of Time magazine's "100 Women of the Year." As part of the project, Time created new covers for past issues, for which this painting was commissioned. The portrait became the cover of the reimagined 1993 issue, honoring the year Morrison became the first Black woman to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature.

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 portrait and other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

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

Spike Lee describes where he first saw the posters for The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, two films that he has underscored as particularly important to him and his work.

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 posters and other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

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

Spike Lee talks about the photographer Richard Avedon and his portrait of Malcolm X, created in 1963.

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 portrait and other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

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

Spike Lee describes the summer of 1977, when he received a Super 8 camera as a gift from a childhood friend while he was in New York on break from Morehouse College.

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 camera and other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

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

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.

Spike Lee reveals how he received Prince's unique "Love Symbol" guitar from the artist himself. Lee worked with Prince several times, directing some of his music videos and using his songs in the film Girl 6.

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 guitar and other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

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

Spike Lee talks about the French poster for Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront, one of his favorite films, which he credits with changing cinema.

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 poster and other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

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

Spike Lee remembers taking a photo with his siblings, Joie, David, Cinqué, and Christopher Lee, at 186 Warren Street in Cobble Hill, where they lived as children. The photo is dated circa 1967–70.

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 the photo and other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

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

One of Spike Lee's most treasured possessions is an African National Congress flag signed by former South African president Nelson Mandela and activist and politician Winnie Mandela. Lee acquired the flag in 1992 while shooting the final scenes for Malcolm X, in which Nelson Mandela plays a teacher in Soweto. He won the country's first democratic elections in 1994.

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 signature on the flag and the other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

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

Spike Lee shares his thoughts on Nike's "Jumpman" ad campaign, Michael Jordan, and Air Jordans, which are featured in Lee's film She's Gotta Have It. In the film, Lee plays Mars Blackmon, a basketball-obsessed breakdancer who wears a "Brooklyn" cycling cap, name chain, and the famous sneakers.

Lee's poster is signed and inscribed by Michael Jordan: "My Very Best . . . #23."

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 Lee's signed poster and the other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

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