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Outstanding Motion Picture | 1988 | Spike
Spike Lee had the actors stay in separate hotels during filming. The actors playing the "wannabes" had better accommodation than those playing the "jigaboos", which contributed to the on-camera animosity between the two camps. The step show scene was the result of that animosity. According to Lee, the fight between the jigaboos and wannabes was real.
Spike Lee was kicked off the campuses of Morehouse, Spelman, and Clark Atlanta University during filming because the colleges' Boards of Directors were concerned about how black colleges were being portrayed. Lee finished filming at the neighboring Morris Brown College.
Tisha Campbell said she had no idea what a "jigaboo" was prior to joining the project.
The last words spoken in the film, "Wake up!", are also the very first words spoken in Spike Lee's next film, Do the Right Thing (1989).
Alton Brown, host of Good Eats (1999), was the Steadicam operator for this film, and director of photography for R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" video.
"Rachel Meadows: [as the "Jiggaboos" and the "Wannabes" encounter each other in the hallway] The word is "Excuse me." Jane Toussaint: No one told you to stand in the hall, either. "Excuse me." Rachel Meadows: That's better, Ms. Thing. Doris Witherspoon: [as Jane turns and flips her hair] It's not real! Dina: [as the Jiggaboos laugh] Say what? Lizzie Life: You heard Rachel Meadows: It... ain't... even... real. Jane Toussaint: You wish you had hair like this. Doris Witherspoon: Girl, you know you weren't even born with blue eyes! Lizzie Life: That's right. Blue contact lenses. Dina: They're just jealous! Rachel Meadows: Jealous? Jane Toussaint: Rachel! I've been watching you look at Julian. You're not slick. Rachel Meadows: If that was true, he wasn't much to look at. [Snaps fingers] Doris Witherspoon: Mmm-hmm. Tell her, girl! Jane Toussaint: Picaninny! Doris Witherspoon: Barbie doll! Rachel Meadows: High-yellow heifer! Dina: Tar baby! Lizzie Life: Wannabe white! Kim: Jiggaboo! Rachel Meadows: Don't start! Jane Toussaint: We're gonna finish it!"
"Julian Eaves: Half-Pint, how tall are you? Half-Pint: Five feet, five inches. Julian Eaves: You are a five foot, five inch piece of shit. Half-Pint: Yes, Dean Big Brother Almighty."
