School Daze

For all times its been the issue with African Americans. Even with the current times, it still is "an issue". I love the deep dark skin of a brother. Spike has a creative way of focusing on this issue using the... Full review

this moive is both funny and educational. it points out the differences within the differences within the black community,and the struggles of the day to day issues of black youths in collage and youths not in collage.... Full review

I have been looking for this movie for the longest! I was only 3 years old when it was released and i've been loving it ever since!... Full review

I just got this dvd hadnt watched since I was a kid.. Love it love it and forgot how good the music was..... Full review

This movie is just wonderful. I have loved this movie ever since I was a lil kid. My mom had to hide it from me thats how much I use to watch it. I try to find this movie in stores... Full review

This movie was so good. It touched up on a lot of the way that African American men and woman see each other as far as their skin tones and hair textures but what it really comes down to is that... Full review

I thought this was an informative movie about race relations and complextion, but HBCU was not accurately portrayed. Frats and Sororities are not that popular in black colleges and it's a shame for a rival of complextion to occur in black... Full review

I love this movie. The depiction of black college life, animosities, relationship, symbolism...OMG It's just a classic movie. Go rent, buy, borrow it whatever! Just go see it.... Full review

I don't know if it's because I didn't see this movie until AFTER I had already crossed the burning sands (Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc - oo-oop) but I actually liked parts of it and I could relate to it (even... Full review

Though the accuracy of this moive might be flawed, it does grasp the concepts of greek life at HBCU's. HBCU's nowadays still have the strong greek presence and the ability to make others 'change' to fit their criteria. Though hazing is... Full review

With dynamic music, including EU's hit "Da Butt", and dance numbers choreographed by Otis Sallid (Fame), Lee successfully challenges viewpoints about self-identity and self-esteem in this original, contemporary musical comedy. I could go on and on about this film and how many things were talked about after it was seen, but in the February issue of Vibe Magazine, there is a great piece on this film that should read to get an understanding on the impact that 'School Daze' had on many. ... Full Review

Even with all its flaws, School Daze is worth seeing....Lee gets into areas no director before had even bothered to come near.....Lee may have gotten so caught up in the exuberance of the movie -....Lee had the courage to make a film about tension between black college students (based on prejudice between light-skinned and dark-skinned blacks, and between activists and frat boys who just want a good job after graduation)..... ... Full Review

School Daze," with its pompous patchwork plot, is an arrogant, humorless, sexist mess. Now there's an honest character in an honest moment. We'd follow them anywhere, and when Lee does, he finds humor and poignancy. ... Full Review

With several fully choreographed musical numbers and a gorgeous score by Lee's father, jazz musician Bill Lee, it almost seems as though School Daze would fit right in on a Broadway stage. Lee's commentary is fascinatinga rarity for himand provides deep insight into the inspirations for and production of the film. ... Full Review

In many ways, its a weak movie. As I already mentioned, virtually all of Lees films have flaws, and School Daze is probably more erratic than most. When I see this scene, all I can think of is that Lee should have dropped a cow. ... Full Review

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For the clip, Alicia Keys said she was inspired by Spike Lee's '80s movie, 'School Daze'. Previously only a preview, the video of Alicia Keys ' "Teenage Love Affair" has now come in full length. ... Full Article

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idely criticized as one of the more egregious examples of Spike Lee's spin-painting approach to telling stories, School Daze is, if nothing else, a compelling time capsule of racial politics in the late '80s, ethnographically sealed-off in a hothouse micro-environment... ... Full Article

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