Spike Lee questions 911 in documentary, wants Congressional investigation

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Spike Lee Defends Interviewing 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists in His HBO Doc Series: 'I Got Questions'
https://www.thewrap.com/spike-lee-defends-interviewing-9-11-conspiracy-theorists-in-his-hbo-doc-series-i-got-questions/

Spike Lee in an interview with The New York Times from Monday explained why one episode of his documentary series on the anniversary of 9/11 includes interviews with conspiracy theorists about how the towers fell, adding that he shares some of their questions.

As part of his HBO doc series "NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½," Lee in the final episode interviews members of the conspiracy group Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. And he was asked why he wanted to include their perspective in the film alongside other politicians and people who lost loved ones in the attack.

"Because I still don't ... I mean, I got questions. And I hope that maybe the legacy of this documentary is that Congress holds a hearing, a congressional hearing about 9/11," Lee said.

When pressed whether he buys the official explanation, Lee echoed a popular conspiracy theory about whether jet fuel can melt steel beams that caused the World Trade Center towers to collapse. The National Institute for Standards and Technology has accepted the official explanation and has often refused to debate conspiracy theorists. And many have debated whether even indulging those perspectives gives the ideas credence.

"The amount of heat that it takes to make steel melt, that temperature's not reached. And then the juxtaposition of the way Building 7 fell to the ground — when you put it next to other building collapses that were demolitions, it's like you're looking at the same thing," Lee said. "But people going to make up their own mind. My approach is put the information in the movie and let people decide for themselves. I respect the intelligence of the audience."

The New York Times reporter challenged the conspiracy theory and said that Lee doesn't ask people to "make up your own mind" when it comes to the vaccine or to the results of the election.

"People are going to think what they think, regardless. I'm not dancing around your question. People are going to think what they think," he replied. "People have called me a racist for 'Do the Right Thing.' People said in 'Mo' Better Blues' I was antisemitic. 'She's Gotta Have It,' that was misogynist. People are going to just think what they think. And you know what? I'm still here, going on four decades of filmmaking."

Read Spike Lee's full interview with The New York Times here. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/arts/television/spike-lee-nyc-epicenters.html

[yankeedoodle]

OH, LOOK.  911 TRUTH IS...YOU GUESSED IT..."ANTI-SEMITIC." DIDN'T TAKE LONG, DID IT, FOR SPIKE TO FORGET ABOUT 911 TRUTH.   

Following media criticism, Spike Lee is re-editing his documentary featuring 9/11 conspiracy theorist who flirted with antisemitism
https://www.jta.org/2021/08/25/politics/spike-lee-is-re-editing-his-documentary-featuring-9-11-conspiracy-theorist-who-flirted-with-antisemitism

(JTA) — Spike Lee has announced that he is re-editing the final episode of his new HBO documentary series about New York following reports of early media screenings that criticized the Oscar-winning filmmaker for prominently featuring a conspiracy theorist who has entertained antisemitic ideas.

"New York Epicenters: 9/11-2021½," a four-part documentary examining the character of the city in the 21st century, began airing Sunday on HBO.

In its original cut, the final episode, which had been scheduled to air on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, featured extensive interviews with members of the conspiracy group Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth.

Lee did not specify whether he would cut the segment featuring the group or what other changes might be in the works.

"I'm Back In The Editing Room And Looking At The Eighth And Final Chapter Of 'NYC EPICENTERS 9/11-2021½,'" Lee said in a statement released by HBO and provided to Variety. "I Respectfully Ask You To Hold Your Judgement Until You See The FINAL CUT."

The announcement follows articles in The New York Times and Slate about Lee's flirtation with 9/11 conspiracy theories.

Slate in its article critical of Lee focused on the interview space devoted to Richard Gage, the leader of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth. At a 2012 event, Gage appeared to endorse the suggestion by another participant that Israel was behind the terrorist attack. He regularly appears on podcasts where conspiracies about Jews and the Holocaust are common.

The Times, meanwhile, quoted Lee as saying that he still had "questions" about what caused the Twin Towers to collapse after they were hit by airplanes, alluding to an alleged government cover-up.

[abduLMaria]

I think one of the reasons that the Jews Ellison & Zuckerberg bought 1 1/2 islands in Hawaii is,
they are anticipating a possible period of backlash against Jews - related to 9-11.

They are planning to turn their land into a "New Zion".

Ellison just hosted Netanyahu at his Jew Enclave in Lanai.