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Cannes does 'right thing' in appointing Spike Lee to lead

by Associated Press
| January 14, 2020 7:35 AM

PARIS (AP) — American director Spike Lee will lead the jury of this year's Cannes Film Festival, the first black person to hold the post in the event's 73-year history.

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