Lee's 'Strange' Finds a Home

Source: Variety

Spike Lee's filmed version of the play Passing Strange will air on PBS in 2010. Before that time, the film will be given a limited theatrical release.

The film played at Sundance this past January, and B OXOFFICE's Ray Greene raved that, "Nothing at Sundance 2009 will be better than Spike Lee’s amazingly cinematic transcription of Passing Strange, the sensational Broadway musical by journeyman rock and cabaret artist Stew (leader of LA band The Negro Problem) about his own life and struggle for identity. Tender, sexy , funny, moving and profound, Passing Strange bears comparison not just to the great works of the American musical theatre but to literary landmarks like James Baldwin’s Another Country and (especially) Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man." Read the full review here .

Lee's last film, Miracle at St. Anna, failed to catch on with the public, and it grossed less than $8 million domestically.