UATL, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s newly launched Black culture team, hosted its third quarterly Black Culture Movie Night at Plaza Theatre Tuesday evening with a public screening of Spike Lee’s 1988 feature film, “School Daze.”
The classic HBCU coming-of-age story , full of music, satire and showstopping choreography, is the filmmaker’s commentary on higher education and classism within the Black community. It stars Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Jasmine Guy, Kyme, Ossie Davis, Kadeem Hardison and Samuel L. Jackson.
The evening kicked off with a 10-minute step routine performed by members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., from Morehouse College.
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Dressed in black and gold fraternity jackets, they stomped, clapped and chanted onstage to songs like “Presidential” by Atlanta rap group YoungBloodz and “Wipe Me Down” by Trill Family.