The movie made it to theaters with financial support from friends. Some believe the controversy surrounding the film cost Lee an Academy Award nomination. Disco was at its peak, David Berkowitz was on the loose, Punk Rock was freshly imported from Britain and a young filmmaker named Spike Lee was filming people dancing and looting in Brooklyn. It seems that Spike Lee's career has gone in a circle. One might say he's completed his first cycle.
More commercials seem a definite possibility.
Perhaps he'll finally find the funding for the long-awaited biopic of Jackie Robinson.