Filmmaker Spike Lee rips into Smith during filming . If we lose half of the African-American population , in my neighborhood , Fort Greene , and the schools become better , what happened to half the people that left ? '' Lee riled about New York City and hipsters . Urban policy professor asks : Does Lee want New York to be Detroit ? D.K . Smith , the director , says ` ` What I wanted to do was expand the dialogue ''
Filmmaker Spike Lee rips into Smith during filming . Lee riled about New York City and hipsters . Urban policy professor asks : Does Lee want New York to be Detroit ? D.K . Smith , the director , says ` ` What I wanted to do was expand the dialogue ''