#PrimaryDay - Spike Lee's New Video Sends A Strong Message To Voters
Spike Lee

Spike Lee continues to urge Democratic voters that Bernie Sanders is the right Presidential candidate. In an attempt to drive his point, the famous director created a five-minute short film — a call to action for today’s #PrimaryDay.

In the video, Lee begins by yelling “Wake Up,” a phrase that is known from his 1989 film drama Do The Right Thing. The video then cuts to Sanders at a rally speaking to Black and Latino activists in the gymnasium of Brooklyn College.



Among those in the video include Susan Sarandon, Rosario Dawson, Harry Belafonte, Erica Garner (Eric Garner’s daughter), Dr. Cornel West, and many others.

“This is a campaign of the people, by the people, and for the people, said Sanders, who paraphrased this quote from the Gettysburg address.

Before the video was over, clips of students recited a few lines from the preamble as Lee joins in to say “Bernie from Brooklyn” and “talk to the people.”

Lee has been vocal about his support for Sanders for sometime. Lee interviewed Sanders in the beginning of April, where they both spoke on issues of gun violence, minority voters, and his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter Movement.



Watch the video below and make sure to get out and vote TODAY!

10 Fun Facts about Senator Bernie Sanders

  • Bernie Sanders was born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
  • He attended James Madison High School (1959) and Brooklyn College (1959-1960). He then transferred to the University of Chicago.
  • At James Madison, Sanders was a writer for the school newspaper, captain of the track team, and won the state basketball championship.
  • He also got his first political experience after running for student body president at Madison; although he lost he ended up becoming class president.
  • He was very active in the civil rights movement. He was a member of the Congress on Racial Equality and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
  • He organized sit-ins on campus to protest the segregated on-campus housing.
  • Before moving to Vermont, he worked as an aide in a psychiatric facility in New York, taught pre-schools through Head Start, and helped register people for nutrition assistance programs.
  • In Vermont, Sanders worked as a carpenter and documentary filmmaker.
  • He was elected mayor of Burlington, VT by the small margin of 10 votes.
  • As Mayor, he helped reform the city’s affordable housing, progressive taxation, environmental protection, child care, women’s rights, youth programs, and the arts.