Spike Lee's Lil Joints
Season 1
TV-G
Executive produced by Spike Lee, Spike Lee's Lil' Joints will showcase stories that are personally curated by Lee, with the majority revolving around African-American stories that are not widely known. Bringing these unique sports tales to life is a roster of up-and-coming as well as renowned filmmakers Lee assembled
Where to Watch Spike Lee's Lil Joints • Season 1
6 Episodes
- The Greatest Catch EverE3
The Greatest Catch EverDuring Super Bowl XLII, the Giants met with the New England Patriots who were undefeated going into the NFL finale. With two minutes left in the game, just when it looks like Giants quarterback Eli Manning will go down, he spots David Tyree, a veteran special teams player down the field and goes deep, setting up one of the most renowned plays in football history. - The Ice BreakerE4
The Ice BreakerInspirational story of the man who broke the color barrier in professional hockey and secretly played his career, blind in one eye. For more than a decade, O'Ree has been the director of youth development for the NHL's diversity program, helping to introduce more inner city youth to a game that has seen short numbers that represent them. - Of the Father and of the SonE6
Of the Father and of the SonThis short is latest chapter in a compelling family saga - the tale of sixty-two year old David Robinson, the youngest child of civil rights hero Jackie Robinson, and the life he has built as a farmer in Africa. Robinson has spent the last 30 years assimilating entirely into African culture; raising a family thousands of miles from the Brooklyn streets where his father built a legend, the lily-white suburbs of Connecticut where he was raised and the upscale American businesses that serve his product and fuel his mission - using the world's second-most-valuable natural resource to spur social change and honor his father's legacy.