00:00It would have been easy to film on the back lot of a Hollywood studio because you can control the environment.
00:06But Spike Lee saw a different vision.
00:11This is the heart of Bed-Stuy and it makes the whole thing feel a lot more real than just taking a street that's on the back lot at Universal and making the movie there.
00:20Eight weeks before the production was to begin, he enlisted the help of the Food of Islam as his private security.
00:25Let's go ahead and let's check his feet now. Make sure no one is in there.
00:29Along with employing the people in the community to be extras and production assistants.
00:36Commemorated by a block party with the blessings of a legendary filmmaker, Melvin Van Peebles.
00:43Thank you very much.
00:46This is a very, very important moment for me.
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