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Spike Lee on making Michael Jackson documentary

While working on an upcoming documentary about Michael Jackson, director Spike Lee revealed that the project will feature never-before-seen footage and will not only be aimed at MJ fans, but for everyone to enjoy. The film will be coming out later this year as part of the material being released in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Jackson’s album “Bad.” In an interview with the Associated Press on Monday, the Malcolm X director said, “We have footage in this documentary that no one’s ever seen, stuff that Michael shot himself, behind-the-scenes stuff, we had complete access to the vaults of Michael Jackson. He wrote 60 demos for the ‘Bad’ record. Only 11 made it.” The documentary will not only feature footage of Jackson but also interviews with a variety of people. As Lee puts it, “We really divided it into two things: Artists today who were influenced by Michael, and then people who worked side by side – musicians, songwriters, technicians, engineers, people at the label, who were all committed to Michael, to the follow-up to the biggest record of all time, which still is ‘Thriller’.” ~Stacy Raivich