Miracle at St Anna

 

Miracle at St Anna 2008

• Director: Spike Lee
• Cast: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Valentina Cervi·       
• Why? Originally, Spike Lee
• Seen: Once before. Now 9 March 2026      

       What I remember is that this is not like other Spike Lee films. It got a lot of negative reviews and to be honest, I don’t think I liked it much myself.

       Four Afro-American soldiers in WWII end up in Italy and they help a little boy, making friends with the villagers.

       The narration is cumbersome and slow and what should have been an important contribution to the history of racism meanders from one point of view to another. It’s far too long and often boring.

       Sorry, Spike Lee. 

2* of 5