5/7/25 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ MOVIE TRAILER: Highest 2 Lowest – Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, A$AP Rocky

Spike Lee has released the first trailer for his A24 and Apple-backed crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest starring Denzel Washington, A$AP Rocky and more. Written by William Alan Fox, “Highest 2 Lowest” is loosely based on Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, which follows a businessman deciding whether or not to use his wealth to further his career or save a child’s life.  Continue reading

12/28/24 O&A NYC MILESTONE: Happy 70th Birthday Denzel Washington

O&A NYC would like to celebration the 70th Birthday of actor, philanthropist, and role model Denzel Washington. Whose life and career has enriched the lives of untold individuals. The Mount Vernon native remembers his roots and the people and places that shaped his life. Washington spoke about his days as a Club kid at the Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon. He credited the time he spent there and the mentoring he received from caring staff as key to his survival and success. In honor of this milestone we present a soliloquy from Malcolm X.

Malcolm X (Denzel Washington) delivers a powerful speech about how Black people have been led astray by politicians in America. From the 1992 biographical film from director and co-writer Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr. and Delroy Lindo. Happy Birthday to a prolific man in the arts. Continue reading

9/4/24 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Madame Re-Res Dance Scene- School Daze

The iconic salon dance fight sequence choreographed by Otis Sallid from Spike Lee‘s 1988 musical comedy School Daze. Continue reading

5/17/22 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ FOOTWEAR: Nike 50th Anniversary | Seen It All

As Nike reflects on the past 50 years of innovation this year and looks forward to the next 50, it introduces its latest global anthem Seen it All, which pays homage to its storied past while expressing excitement for the limitless promise of future generations.  Continue reading

5/20/20 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (1941)- Racially Banned Cartoon

Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (1941) is the racially banned cartoon for the hit boogie-woogie popular song written by Don Raye. A bawdy, jazzy tune, the song describes a laundry woman from Harlem, New York City, whose technique is so unusual that people come from all around just to watch her scrub. Continue reading

9/10/18 O&A NYC MOVIE MONDAY: Jungle Fever – Samuel L.Jackson “I’m Getting High”

Jungle Fever is a romantic dramatic film written,produced and directed by Spike Lee, and stars Wesley Snipes, Ossie Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Halle Berry, Frank Vincent and Ruby Dee.As Lee’s fifth featured length film, the film explores an interracial relationship its conception and downfall against the urban backdrop of the streets of NewYork city in the 1990s. Continue reading

5/17/18 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY- ON THURSDAY: Spike Lee calls Trump, “That motherfucker” at Cannes Film Festival

Film director Spike Lee has lashed out at President Donald Trump calling him a ‘mother -fucker’ during an expletive-ridden rant at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. The 61-year-old director, who refused to call Trump by his name, lambasted the President for his response to last year’s violent white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. Continue reading

2/26/18 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: He Got Game – Denzel Washington And Ray Allen

He Got Game is a sports drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington. This is the third of four film collaborations between Denzel Washington and Spike Lee. Continue reading

9/14/17 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez Air Jordan 13 “He Got Game” Could Be Returning for Film’s 20th Anniversary

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

He Got Game is one of everyone’s favorite Spike Lee film. For an absurd amount of viewers, there was no better basketball film in their generation. The most popular is the Air Jordan 13 He Got Game which new reports today indicate will release next year in celebration of the film’s 20th anniversary. Continue reading

9/29/16 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Fight The Power- Public Enemy

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Fight the Power by hip hop group Public Enemy was released as a single in June 1989 on Motown Records. The song was conceived at the request of film director Spike Lee, who sought a musical theme for his 1989 film Do the Right Thing. Continue reading