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Article: Spike Lee to be festival judge
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- September 4, 2007
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VENICE, Italy (AP) - Spike Lee said Saturday the Internet has
provided so many opportunities for young filmmakers to showcase their
work, there are no more excuses.
"I was from the prehistoric age. If you have a film and you're
talented and someone is not seeing it, it's your fault," the director
said at a news conference announcing the creation of a new online
film festival.
Lee will head the jury of the film festival organized by Babelgum,
an Internet company that streams videos online for free. The
announcement was made on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival.
Filmmakers who have had their work accepted at other film
festivals from January 2007 through next February can begin making ...