Ruth E. Carter
Legendary filmmaker Spike Lee hasn’t put down his film cameras or retired his iconic Double Dolly shot yet, but that does not mean his career, which spans over four decades, should not be celebrated.On Tuesday, October 3, a new Spike Lee: Creative Resources exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum opened to special guests and press, celebrating the visionary who gave us films like She’s Gotta Have It, Do The Right Thing, School Daze, Malcolm X and BlacKkKlansman.Notable attendees included the man of the honor, Spike Lee, and known film collaborators Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Adam Driver, and Giancarlo Esposito.Other guests include actor Dean Winters, Hip-Hop superstar A$AP Ferg, Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter, Nia Long, GMA’s Robin Roberts, and more.Lee spoke about the exhibit curated by Kimberli Gant and curatorial assistant Indira A. Abiskaroon that features over 450 pieces of the de facto native New Yorker via Atlanta, Georgia personal collection, according to USA Today.Plotting the museum exhibit “was a process,” Lee says at a Tuesday preview of the exhibit, which opens to the public Saturday.“You just don’t stick something up on the wall,” says Lee, 66. “You have different spaces and you move back and forth. And, you know, you try to make sure that you’re telling the story.”Don’t think of this exhibit as some sign that Lee is nearing the end of his career. During the preview event, he proudly proclaimed that his “Legacy is not done.”So we can expect more projects with the iconic “A Spike Lee Joint” labeling on them now that the WGA strike is officially over.For more photos from the epic night, you can hit the gallery below.
1. Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party
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Spike Lee at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Giancarlo Esposito at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,giancarlo esposito,brooklyn museum
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Spike Lee at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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A$AP Ferg at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,topix,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,bestpix,asap ferg,brooklyn museum
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Spike Lee and Darren Walker at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Spike Lee at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Spike Lee at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Atmosphere at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,atmosphere,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Atmosphere at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,atmosphere,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Atmosphere at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,atmosphere,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Atmosphere at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,atmosphere,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Guests at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,guest,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Atmosphere at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,atmosphere,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Spike Lee and Bill Bradley at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum,bill bradley
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John Leguizamo at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,john leguizamo,brooklyn museum
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Spike Lee and Bill Bradley at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum,bill bradley
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Spike Lee and Bill Bradley at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum,bill bradley
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Spike Lee at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,brooklyn museum
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Laurence Fishburne at the Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Opening Party at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images) color image,photography,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,party – social event,usa,topics,new york city,brooklyn – new york,art museum,spike lee,laurence fishburne,brooklyn museum
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On a standout night for the Academy Awards, Ruth E. Carter became the first Black woman to win two Oscars for her work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
At the 95th Academy Awards held on Sunday night (March 12th), the iconic costume designer won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for her work on the smash Black Panther sequel film. After accepting the award from presenters Paul Dano and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Carter began her speech by dedicating the award to her late mother, who she revealed passed away at the age of 101.
“Thank you for recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman. She endures. She loves. She overcomes. She is every woman in this film. She is my mother. This past week Mable Carter became an ancestor. This film prepared me for this moment,” she said.
Carter mentioned the late Chadwick Boseman next, asking him to “please take care” of her mother. She continued, thanking director Ryan Coogler and executive producer Nate Moore: “Thank you both for your vision. Together, we are reshaping how culture is represented.” She would close by thanking those at Marvel Studios and the “many dedicated artists whose hands and hearts helped manifest the costumes of Wakanda and Talokan.”
The win made Carter the first Black woman to win multiple Oscar awards – she previously won for her work on the first Black Panther in 2019. She also became part of a premium category of multiple Academy Award winners in competitive categories who are Black, joining actors Denzel Washington and Mahershala Ali and sound mixers Willie D. Burton and Russell Williams II. The 62-year-old has enjoyed an illustrious career, having been previously nominated for her work on Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and Steven Spielberg’s Amistad.
She reflected on her win and her career to reporters backstage after receiving the award. ” I wanted to be a costume designer,” she began.”I studied. I scraped. I dealt with adversity in the industry that sometimes didn’t look like me and I endured. I feel that this win opens the door for other young costume designers that may not think that this industry is for them and hopefully they’ll see me, and they’ll see my story and they’ll think they can win an Oscar, too.”
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