Spike Lee's fighting spirit hits new heights on film and beyond

The filmmaker's challenging new work, 'Red Hook Summer,' will have to compete with his famed outspokenness, which has garnered the most attention recently.

NEW YORK — When he took the stage after the world premiere of his new film "Red Hook Summer"at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Spike Lee had other things on his mind besides the movie. The director embarked on a series of digressions, riffing on everything from the whiteness of Utah to the supremacy of the New York Giants.

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