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The 74th<\/sup> Cannes Film Festival kicked off yesterday for the first time since 2019 after its cancelation last spring due to the pandemic. Spanning almost two weeks, this year’s festival features a total of 24 films in the running for the Palme d’Or, a few more than typically included in the official selection, according to NPR<\/a>. Over fifty others will be screened outside of competition, and a new category of \u2018Cannes Premieres\u2019 has been introduced in order to highlight films that may not have received proper recognition amid the chaos of 2020.<\/p>\n

American director Spike Lee is making history this year as the festival\u2019s first-ever Black Jury head. He will oversee the panel of jurors responsible for choosing the 74th<\/sup> winner. Lee was joined at the opening ceremony by actress Jodie Foster, who received the Palme d\u2019Or Lifetime Achievement Award, and director Bong Joon-ho, whose “Parasite\u201d won the prestigious Palme in 2019. Screenings commenced with the premiere of Leos Carax’s Annette<\/em>\u00a0starring Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver.<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s presence at the 74th Cannes looms large in more ways than one. He is literally the face of the festival \u2013 marking the first time a jury president has appeared on the official poster \u2013 and has set a powerful tone for the proceedings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you see brother Eric Garner, when you see king George Floyd murdered, lynched, I think of Radio Raheem,\u201d Lee said, referring to the “Do the Right Thing” character. \u201cAnd you think and hope that 30 mother-fucking years later, Black people would\u2019ve stopped being hunted down like animals.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reflecting on the 32nd<\/sup> anniversary of “Do the Right Thing,” Lee said that in many ways it does not seem like much progress has been made since the film’s 1989 premiere.<\/p>\n

Lee separately addressed the matter of streaming as it pertains to the festival. Cannes consistently rejects films without French theatrical distribution from participating in competition, according to USA Today<\/a>. In recent years, it has denounced streaming platforms such as Netflix, for which Lee directed \u201cDa 5 Bloods\u201d last year. When questioned, Lee defended the service, stating that \u201ccinema and screening platforms can coexist \u2026 At one time, there was a thinking that TV was going to kill cinema,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, this stuff is not new.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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