UNITED STATES · 2025

Highest 2 Lowest

Spike Lee
New Black Cinema ransom moral dilemma music industry corruption power dynamics
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When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.

Year2025
CountryUnited States
DirectorSpike Lee
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