U.S. award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee has made a powerful statement about the killing of George Floyd by revisiting his seminal 1989 film “Do the Right Thing.”

“3 Brothers,” a new short film from the director, connects the killing of Radio Raheem in “Do the Right Thing” to videos of police killing George Floyd and Eric Garner. “Will history stop repeating itself?” a title card reads ahead of the clips of Floyd in 2020, Garner in 2014 and Radio Raheem, a fictional character whom police choke to death in “Do the Right Thing.”

“How can people not understand why people are reacting the way they are?” Lee said while introducing the short film to Don Lemon on CNN. “This is history again and again and again. This is not new. We saw it with the riots in the ’60s, with the assassination of Dr. King. People are reacting the way they feel they have to, to be heard. What we’re seeing today is not new.”

Lee is one of several entertainers speaking up in the wake of Floyd’s killing. Other celebrities using their platforms to denounce racism and police brutality include Trevor Noah, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Michael Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Ava DuVernay, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Cardi B, and Chance the Rapper. (SD-Agencies)