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Supreme is partnering with Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks for a new fashion line. The line is themed on two of Lee’s 1990s movies: 1992’s Malcolm X and 1995’s Clockers.
The featured pieces include a Varsity Jacket, baseball jersey, two T-shirts, and a six-panel hat. They are inspired by Lee’s classic 40 Acres merch of the ’90s, originally sold at Spike’s Joint in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and Spike’s Joint West which was on Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles.
Malcolm X is widely hailed as one of Lee’s masterworks, with a legendary, Oscar-nominated performance from star Denzel Washington and supporting turns from Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo and Albert Hall. The story of a Brooklyn teen being framed for a murder, Clockers may be a more underrated Spike Lee joint, but it features strong performances from Mekhi Phifer (his film debut), Isaiah Washington and Harvey Keitel.
“Lee has boldly explored a complex landscape of social and political issues shaping American life–chiefly through the lens of Black histories, relationships, communities and cultures,” Supreme states. “Perhaps more than any other filmmaker, Lee has captured the richness of Black experience with unflinching narrative and visual style.”
Supreme posted a gallery to preview the line on the company’s Instagram account.
Spike Lee’s films have always showcased the tapestry of Black expression — even his movie soundtracks are a sonic stamp of the culture and times. Malcolm X featured Arrested Development’s “Revolution,” and the Clockers soundtrack is one of the more underrated soundtracks of the ‘90s, with classics from Chaka Khan, Seal and the 1995 version of the supergroup Crooklyn Dodgers — which included Jeru Da Damaja, Chubb Rock and O.C. at the time.
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