Spike Lee made a list of wealthy Black contacts and asked them for money when studio funding dried up in March. Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan came through with donations. He announced the funding at a press conference on Malcolm X's birthday, May 19.
So Spike comes up with a list of wealthy black people that he can reach out to and ask for money. He said he comes up with the list, and then it takes him two weeks to get the courage to ask for the money. So he says, call the first person, you get your first check. You get a little more confident. He said by the time he get the Magic Johnson, he asking for even more money. He said he asked Magic. And then he goes to Michael Jordan. He says, I know Michael. So competitive. I. I tell Michael, yo, Magic just gave me all this money. Yo, Michael. Like, oh, I got you, Spike. So then this is what I thought was so playing. Spike wakes until Malcolm X's birthday. Cause they took. They stopped funding the film in March. Malcolm's birthday is May 19th. So May 19th, he does a press conference about the movie and says, the Warner stopped funding me. This bond company stopped funding me. So I went to all my wealthy black friends to get the rest of the money for the movie.
