Spike Lee is named president of the jury for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, following backlash of other recent film awards over lack of diversity in nominations
PARIS - U.S. director Spike Lee has been named president of the jury for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, organizers said on Tuesday
The 62-year-old filmmaker, who succeeds Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, will head the panel that will award the 73rd Palme d’Or prize. “I’m honored to be the first person of the African diaspora to be named President of the Cannes Jury and of a main film festival”, Lee said in a statement.This year’s Cannes, the biggest gathering of the global movie industry, will run from May 12 to 23.Reporting by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Andrew Heavens
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