Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
Direction
Spike's first big swing—ambitious, messy, alive.
Production
The 'Da Butt' scene alone changed cookouts forever.
Costume
Gamma Ray realness that still slaps.
Director
Spike Lee
Laurence Fishburne
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Giancarlo Esposito
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
Tisha Campbell
Jane Toussaint
Ossie Davis
Coach Odom
Joe Seneca
President Harold McPherson
Art Evans
Cedar Cloud
Ellen Holly
Odrie McPherson
Bill Nunn
Grady
Spike Lee
Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap
Kyme
Rachel Meadows
Joie Lee
Lizzie Life
Samuel L. Jackson
Leeds
Jasmine Guy
Dina
Cassi Davis
Paula
Gregg Burge
Virgil Cloyd
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed at Clark Atlanta, Morehouse, and Spelman—Lee's actual alma mater is in the DNA.
The 'good hair/bad hair' debate this film sparked still rages in Black beauty discourse today.
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