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Spike Lee on how he overcame funding shortfalls & Warner Bros' indifference to get 'Malcolm X' (1992) made: "The making of that film was the hardest thing I ever had to do. And the great Marvin Worth bought the rights from Dr. Betty Shabazz, way back. Way back. And for 20-something years, he tried to get it made — several directors, several — several actors. And finally, Norman Jewison was the director, with Denzel. And when I heard that Norman Jewison was directing this, I said, “Hell to the nah!” But here’s the thing, though. I respect Norman Jewison, because it was his job; he gracefully bowed out. He didn’t have to do that. And so, once we got that, I knew we had to do the film. But from the very beginning, we didn’t have enough money. We didn’t have enough money. I put half my salary into the film. Warner Bros. knew it. We all knew it. But we’re just gonna go. I mean, this whole thing is — and, you know, in the studio system, you got to get them impregnated. So we knew one day the money would run out. And Warner Bros. did not want the length of that film to be three hours. We knew — it was not about ego. To tell the many different lives that Malcolm led, we needed that time. We needed that time. And we went out — it’s crazy. We showed the four-hour version to Warner Bros. Four hours. We knew we’d cut it down, but… It was the day of the Rodney King verdict. So, we’re screening a film for Warner Bros. executives, the two presidents, and the secretaries are coming in and out, because L.A. is burning. But to their credit, they stayed throughout the whole four hours. And so, it was a long discussion, because they had to — we had — I think a helicopter came to Warner Bros.’ lot and took them to where they had to go. And they said, “How long the film might be?” I said, “I need as long as” — I said, “How long is JFK?” Because JFK was coming out. And they said, ”JFK is two hours.” They didn’t know I know Oliver Stone. I call Oliver. I goes, “Oliver, how long is JFK?” He says, “Spike, it’s three hours, but don’t tell them I told you so.” So we knew that we had to keep going. We did not cut the film, the length. And Warner Bros. let the bond company take over the film. All the people in postproduction got registered letters saying, “You’re fired.” As I said before, I already put half my salary already into the film. So it was the lowest point in my life, with the exception of my mother dying. And Malcolm came to me: self-determination, self-reliance. I kept thinking about that again and again and again. What does that mean? And then it hit me like a ton of bricks: I know some Black folks that got some money. So, this was the plan. Not did I only know them, but I had their phone number. So I made a list. And here’s the key thing. This was not — it was not — they couldn’t get any money back. It wasn’t a tax write-off. This had to be like, “Here, take it. Take it.” And the first person I called was Bill Cosby. Called him up, said, “Bill” — first thing I said was, “How’s Camille?” Then I told him what it was about. He said, “Spike, I’ll put the check in the mail.” I said, “Nah.” I knew he lived in a townhouse, Upper East Side. Knocked on the door. Didn’t even come in. Snatched that check, ran to the bank before he could change his mind. So I made a list. And I always get the order mixed up. A great woman, Peggy Cooper Cafritz, she wrote a check. Tracy Chapman. Janet Jackson. Prince. And then there were two left. So, here’s the other thing, though, is that every time they said yes, I was asking for more money, ’cause I was feeling it. So, I had two people on my list. Called up Magic. Boom. And then the last call, the GOAT, who was born in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, not North Carolina: Michael Jordan, born in Cumberland Hospital on Myrtle Avenue, same hospital where Mike Tyson and Bernard King were born in, Bernard and Albert King were born. So, I mean, one thing about Michael, he don’t like to lose nothing. Very competitive. So I just let it slip how much Magic gave. Oh, oh, oh, Ms. Oprah Winfrey — sorry, sorry. She’s in there. I told you I get the — so I let Michael — I said, “Magic gave…” He said, “Magic gave what?” Boom! So now we had the money, and I had the money to rehire the crew. And at this time, there was no talking between myself and Warner Bros., because Warner Bros. gave the film to the bond company. So, on this date, on Malcolm’s birthday, we had a press conference at the Schomburg Collection, Schomburg Library, 135th and Lenox. And we announced that these prominent African Americans wrote these checks. And the next day, Warner Bros. financed the rest of the movie. True story." ("Spike Lee on “Malcolm X” & How Hollywood Almost Prevented Landmark Film from Being Made", Democracy Now, 2023)
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Spike Lee on how he overcame funding shortfalls & Warner Bros' indifference to get 'Malcolm X' (1992) made: "The making of that film was the hardest thing I ever had to do. And the great Marvin Worth bought the rights from Dr. Betty Shabazz, way back. Way back. And for 20-something years, he tried to get it made — several directors, several — several actors. And finally, Norman Jewison was the director, with Denzel. And when I heard that Norman Jewison was directing this, I said, “Hell to the nah!” But here’s the thing, though. I respect Norman Jewison, because it was his job; he gracefully bowed out. He didn’t have to do that. And so, once we got that, I knew we had to do the film. But from the very beginning, we didn’t have enough money. We didn’t have enough money. I put half my salary into the film. Warner Bros. knew it. We all knew it. But we’re just gonna go. I mean, this whole thing is — and, you know, in the studio system, you got to get them impregnated. So we knew one day the money would run out. And Warner Bros. did not want the length of that film to be three hours. We knew — it was not about ego. To tell the many different lives that Malcolm led, we needed that time. We needed that time. And we went out — it’s crazy. We showed the four-hour version to Warner Bros. Four hours. We knew we’d cut it down, but… It was the day of the Rodney King verdict. So, we’re screening a film for Warner Bros. executives, the two presidents, and the secretaries are coming in and out, because L.A. is burning. But to their credit, they stayed throughout the whole four hours. And so, it was a long discussion, because they had to — we had — I think a helicopter came to Warner Bros.’ lot and took them to where they had to go. And they said, “How long the film might be?” I said, “I need as long as” — I said, “How long is JFK?” Because JFK was coming out. And they said, ”JFK is two hours.” They didn’t know I know Oliver Stone. I call Oliver. I goes, “Oliver, how long is JFK?” He says, “Spike, it’s three hours, but don’t tell them I told you so.” So we knew that we had to keep going. We did not cut the film, the length. And Warner Bros. let the bond company take over the film. All the people in postproduction got registered letters saying, “You’re fired.” As I said before, I already put half my salary already into the film. So it was the lowest point in my life, with the exception of my mother dying. And Malcolm came to me: self-determination, self-reliance. I kept thinking about that again and again and again. What does that mean? And then it hit me like a ton of bricks: I know some Black folks that got some money. So, this was the plan. Not did I only know them, but I had their phone number. So I made a list. And here’s the key thing. This was not — it was not — they couldn’t get any money back. It wasn’t a tax write-off. This had to be like, “Here, take it. Take it.” And the first person I called was Bill Cosby. Called him up, said, “Bill” — first thing I said was, “How’s Camille?” Then I told him what it was about. He said, “Spike, I’ll put the check in the mail.” I said, “Nah.” I knew he lived in a townhouse, Upper East Side. Knocked on the door. Didn’t even come in. Snatched that check, ran to the bank before he could change his mind. So I made a list. And I always get the order mixed up. A great woman, Peggy Cooper Cafritz, she wrote a check. Tracy Chapman. Janet Jackson. Prince. And then there were two left. So, here’s the other thing, though, is that every time they said yes, I was asking for more money, ’cause I was feeling it. So, I had two people on my list. Called up Magic. Boom. And then the last call, the GOAT, who was born in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, not North Carolina: Michael Jordan, born in Cumberland Hospital on Myrtle Avenue, same hospital where Mike Tyson and Bernard King were born in, Bernard and Albert King were born. So, I mean, one thing about Michael, he don’t like to lose nothing. Very competitive. So I just let it slip how much Magic gave. Oh, oh, oh, Ms. Oprah Winfrey — sorry, sorry. She’s in there. I told you I get the — so I let Michael — I said, “Magic gave…” He said, “Magic gave what?” Boom! So now we had the money, and I had the money to rehire the crew. And at this time, there was no talking between myself and Warner Bros., because Warner Bros. gave the film to the bond company. So, on this date, on Malcolm’s birthday, we had a press conference at the Schomburg Collection, Schomburg Library, 135th and Lenox. And we announced that these prominent African Americans wrote these checks. And the next day, Warner Bros. financed the rest of the movie. True story." ("Spike Lee on “Malcolm X” & How Hollywood Almost Prevented Landmark Film from Being Made", Democracy Now, 2023)

DepressedBergman

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Historian Johan Norberg explains that one of the major factors in taking down the Roman Empire that’s rarely discussed, is the rise in entitlement spending So many people started receiving welfare and it kept getting expanded, it quickly skyrocket inflation and destroyed their currency “What caused the fall of ancient Rome? There were many reasons; disease, famine, barbarian invaders but historian Johan Norberg covers one rarely talked about. You say entitlement spending played a big role” “The emperors wanted to become popular by handing out free stuff to people. Originally, this started small. You just handed the very poor means of subsistence, make sure that they would but that group was enlarged because it was popular — So the group that lived on the public's expense grew larger all the time And emperors complained about this constantly while they were expanding it. Everyone from Caesar and onwards said, "Oh, we've gotta reform this system because it means that we have fewer people working and more people consuming." But no one succeeded. Instead, it was expanded all the time became more and more costly. So the Romans could conquer the world, but they couldn't do entitlement reform” “It just reminds me of what I see in the West” “It's a very worrying sign in each of these civilizations. Once you have an ever-expanding system of entitlements that you can't afford, then you have to deal with it in different ways. Well, some of them just try to conquer other people’s and take their stuff. But once you run out of that, you have to resort to inflation. Rome started to debase the currency — The Emperor Diocletian, he blamed greedy businessmen for inflation, something that we hear today as well. So he imposed price controls on more than 1,000 goods and even imposed the death penalty on any merchant that increased the price above a certain level. But obviously it all failed because he kept debasing the currency. So inflation kept going, prices kept rising, It only happened in the shadow economy and undermined the Roman Empire completely” I looked into this and found roughly 20% of the entire population ended up on welfare, it got so out of control they devalued their currency by 98% This is exactly what’s happening in America America is Rome and we’re falling the same way they did
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Historian Johan Norberg explains that one of the major factors in taking down the Roman Empire that’s rarely discussed, is the rise in entitlement spending So many people started receiving welfare and it kept getting expanded, it quickly skyrocket inflation and destroyed their currency “What caused the fall of ancient Rome? There were many reasons; disease, famine, barbarian invaders but historian Johan Norberg covers one rarely talked about. You say entitlement spending played a big role” “The emperors wanted to become popular by handing out free stuff to people. Originally, this started small. You just handed the very poor means of subsistence, make sure that they would but that group was enlarged because it was popular — So the group that lived on the public's expense grew larger all the time And emperors complained about this constantly while they were expanding it. Everyone from Caesar and onwards said, "Oh, we've gotta reform this system because it means that we have fewer people working and more people consuming." But no one succeeded. Instead, it was expanded all the time became more and more costly. So the Romans could conquer the world, but they couldn't do entitlement reform” “It just reminds me of what I see in the West” “It's a very worrying sign in each of these civilizations. Once you have an ever-expanding system of entitlements that you can't afford, then you have to deal with it in different ways. Well, some of them just try to conquer other people’s and take their stuff. But once you run out of that, you have to resort to inflation. Rome started to debase the currency — The Emperor Diocletian, he blamed greedy businessmen for inflation, something that we hear today as well. So he imposed price controls on more than 1,000 goods and even imposed the death penalty on any merchant that increased the price above a certain level. But obviously it all failed because he kept debasing the currency. So inflation kept going, prices kept rising, It only happened in the shadow economy and undermined the Roman Empire completely” I looked into this and found roughly 20% of the entire population ended up on welfare, it got so out of control they devalued their currency by 98% This is exactly what’s happening in America America is Rome and we’re falling the same way they did

Wall Street Apes

115,382 views • 2 months ago

Had another interview with a reporter the other day and they asked me about the studies the government has done on the shots collectively given to infants in the first year of life, and whether they used a proper control group of children who didn't receive those shots. These studies are such a joke. What they end up doing with MMR, for instance, is saying they took children who got all the vaccines except MMR, then all the vaccines plus MMR, and didn't see a statistically significant uptick in autism, and therefore MMR doesn't cause autism. And that study is fine, if all the other vaccines have already been proven not to cause autism. Then you have a proper control group. But the Institute of Medicine states clearly there is no study that isolates the DTaP vaccine. And the CDC has suspected DTaP since the 1986 Act, which literally listed diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis as being associated with autism and as the first thing that should be investigated once they took on the liability. That investigation has never happened. I think we should ask ourselves why. Because if DTaP causes autism, it erases the validity of the MMR study entirely. Your control group had a product in it that can cause autism. That is the problem with the science that has been done so far. I have had both Dr. Stanley Plotkin and Kathryn Edwards on the stand in front of Aaron Siri, two of the most iconic figures in the vaccine space. When asked, listing every vaccine one by one, "Do you have a study showing it doesn't cause autism?" Kathryn Edwards had none. Stanley Plotkin stated the same thing under oath. What they both explained is that they made an assumption that vaccines don't cause autism. I have that on video on my website. These are the authors of Plotkin's Vaccines, considered the bible on vaccinations. So if your top vaccine scientists cannot provide a single study under oath, why are newspapers reporting there are mountains of evidence? I sued the CDC. I said show me the trials you relied upon for the first six vaccines in the first six months of life to conclude they don't cause autism. They had zero. Not for Hepatitis B. Not for polio. Not for DTaP. Zero. There is no two or three year placebo trial for these products like you would see with every other drug. And that is not an accident. Causation is established in a placebo trial. If you skip that trial, you remove your ability to ever get to causation. You are permanently stuck in the land of "associated with." And the agency that is required to do the safety studies is the same agency defending itself in court against me. They are not doing the science, so you cannot win. That is where we are.
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Had another interview with a reporter the other day and they asked me about the studies the government has done on the shots collectively given to infants in the first year of life, and whether they used a proper control group of children who didn't receive those shots. These studies are such a joke. What they end up doing with MMR, for instance, is saying they took children who got all the vaccines except MMR, then all the vaccines plus MMR, and didn't see a statistically significant uptick in autism, and therefore MMR doesn't cause autism. And that study is fine, if all the other vaccines have already been proven not to cause autism. Then you have a proper control group. But the Institute of Medicine states clearly there is no study that isolates the DTaP vaccine. And the CDC has suspected DTaP since the 1986 Act, which literally listed diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis as being associated with autism and as the first thing that should be investigated once they took on the liability. That investigation has never happened. I think we should ask ourselves why. Because if DTaP causes autism, it erases the validity of the MMR study entirely. Your control group had a product in it that can cause autism. That is the problem with the science that has been done so far. I have had both Dr. Stanley Plotkin and Kathryn Edwards on the stand in front of Aaron Siri, two of the most iconic figures in the vaccine space. When asked, listing every vaccine one by one, "Do you have a study showing it doesn't cause autism?" Kathryn Edwards had none. Stanley Plotkin stated the same thing under oath. What they both explained is that they made an assumption that vaccines don't cause autism. I have that on video on my website. These are the authors of Plotkin's Vaccines, considered the bible on vaccinations. So if your top vaccine scientists cannot provide a single study under oath, why are newspapers reporting there are mountains of evidence? I sued the CDC. I said show me the trials you relied upon for the first six vaccines in the first six months of life to conclude they don't cause autism. They had zero. Not for Hepatitis B. Not for polio. Not for DTaP. Zero. There is no two or three year placebo trial for these products like you would see with every other drug. And that is not an accident. Causation is established in a placebo trial. If you skip that trial, you remove your ability to ever get to causation. You are permanently stuck in the land of "associated with." And the agency that is required to do the safety studies is the same agency defending itself in court against me. They are not doing the science, so you cannot win. That is where we are.

Del Bigtree

30,011 views • 5 months ago

THE WHISTLEBLOWER WHO WENT TO PRISON Colin Wallace was a psychological warfare officer for British Army Intelligence in Belfast. In 1974 he wrote a memo telling his superiors that boys at Kincora Boys Home were being systematically abused and some were being supplied to prominent unionist figures. He wanted out of a dirty tricks operation called Clockwork Orange and he wanted something done about Kincora. Nothing was done. The housemaster running the abuse, William McGrath, was already known to MI5. He led a loyalist paramilitary group called Tara and by multiple accounts he was an intelligence asset. MI5 monitored the abusers instead of stopping them. Fellow intelligence officer Brian Gemmell later confirmed he was personally ordered by MI5 officer Ian Cameron to drop his own Kincora investigation in 1975. Wallace kept pushing. He got sacked from his job in 1975. In 1980 he was convicted of manslaughter after a colleague's husband was killed. Evidence used against him at trial came partly from an anonymous American security source, according to a Home Office pathologist. He served 6 years. The conviction was quashed in 1996 once new forensic evidence emerged. McGrath was eventually jailed in 1981 after the Irish Independent broke the Kincora story publicly, years after Wallace first raised the alarm internally. The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry under Sir Anthony Hart reported in 2017 and criticised MI5 for obstructing police and destroying Kincora files, while somehow finding no fault in the actual cover up. Convenient. In 2020 it emerged that police records on Kincora from 1980 to 1983 had been destroyed right around the time that inquiry was set up. In 2023 Wallace's own military service file went missing, the same year his lawyers filed a High Court case against the Ministry of Defence for negligence, misfeasance in public office and deceit. That case is still ongoing. Fifty years and counting. A man tries to stop child abuse and gets convicted of murder for his trouble. The institutions responsible get to lose the paperwork and call it a filing error. Sources: Declassified UK The Irish Times ITV News and others.
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THE WHISTLEBLOWER WHO WENT TO PRISON Colin Wallace was a psychological warfare officer for British Army Intelligence in Belfast. In 1974 he wrote a memo telling his superiors that boys at Kincora Boys Home were being systematically abused and some were being supplied to prominent unionist figures. He wanted out of a dirty tricks operation called Clockwork Orange and he wanted something done about Kincora. Nothing was done. The housemaster running the abuse, William McGrath, was already known to MI5. He led a loyalist paramilitary group called Tara and by multiple accounts he was an intelligence asset. MI5 monitored the abusers instead of stopping them. Fellow intelligence officer Brian Gemmell later confirmed he was personally ordered by MI5 officer Ian Cameron to drop his own Kincora investigation in 1975. Wallace kept pushing. He got sacked from his job in 1975. In 1980 he was convicted of manslaughter after a colleague's husband was killed. Evidence used against him at trial came partly from an anonymous American security source, according to a Home Office pathologist. He served 6 years. The conviction was quashed in 1996 once new forensic evidence emerged. McGrath was eventually jailed in 1981 after the Irish Independent broke the Kincora story publicly, years after Wallace first raised the alarm internally. The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry under Sir Anthony Hart reported in 2017 and criticised MI5 for obstructing police and destroying Kincora files, while somehow finding no fault in the actual cover up. Convenient. In 2020 it emerged that police records on Kincora from 1980 to 1983 had been destroyed right around the time that inquiry was set up. In 2023 Wallace's own military service file went missing, the same year his lawyers filed a High Court case against the Ministry of Defence for negligence, misfeasance in public office and deceit. That case is still ongoing. Fifty years and counting. A man tries to stop child abuse and gets convicted of murder for his trouble. The institutions responsible get to lose the paperwork and call it a filing error. Sources: Declassified UK The Irish Times ITV News and others.

Artur Nadolny

45,554 views • 2 months ago