Spike Lee: 'Race relations today are the direct result of having a black president'

Prior to the release of Da 5 Bloods, the director takes questions from readers, film-makers and politicians about George Floyd, Covid-19 and the worst thing about actors

For more than three decades, Spike Lee has been one of the most vital forces in film-making.

His latest movie, Da 5 Bloods - about four African American veterans who return to Vietnam in search of the remains of their squad leader - is described by Peter Bradshaw as a blast of satire and emotional agony about ... the fact that black deaths matter".