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.