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Spike Lee releases short film about police brutality in wake of George Floyd death

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"Will history stop repeating itself?" Spike Lee has released a powerful short film on social media highlighting police brutality and racism in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

In the clip, entitled 3 Brothers-Radio Raheem, Eric Garner And George Floyd, Lee begins with the question: “Will history stop repeating itself?” It then cuts real-life footage of the deaths of Eric Garner in 2014 and Floyd last week with a scene from Lee’s own 1989 movie Do The Right Thing.

The moment in question sees character Radio Raheem die as he is restrained by a white police officer. Lee introduced the film on CNN, telling presenter Don Lemon: “How can people not understand why people are acting the way they are?

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