His second feature film School Daze also had an impact on African American filmmakers. "In his second film, School Daze, Lee again stirred controversy, particularly within the black community." The film deals with issues of skin tone racism in the African American community. Laurence Fishburne plays the main character, Vaughn Dunlap, an African-American student at a historically black college. He leads an anti-apartheid demonstration encouraging college students to divest from South Africa. The film explores not only issues surrounding skin tones, but also the nature of hair. Lee's way of exploring discrimination against skin color and hair type had a notable impact on the growing consciousness of black people. His third feature film, Do the Right Thing in 1989, debuted some of the biggest African-American stars such as Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The film shows racial tension in a neighborhood resulting in tragedy on a hot summer day. It shows that African Americans can do the right thing despite stereotypes. The film earned an Oscar nomination for "Best Screenplay" after a year of controversy. Another successful black director is Warrington W. Hudlin Jr. born in East St. Louis, Illinois, July 16, 1952 is an American producer, actor and film director. He is the son of Teacher Helen, a teacher, and Warring Hudlin Sr., a teacher and insurance executive. He produced numerous films with his younger brother Reginald Hudlin, also a director and producer. Together they produced House Party, Bebe's Kids and Ride. Hudlin co-founded the Black Filmmaker Foundation in 1978. The organization has played an integral role in the emergence of the contemporary black film movement. BFF was designed... middle of paper... directed, produced, scored and starred. The film was important in the history of African-American cinema. The film was distributed by Peebles. It used a blaxploitation genre which was one of the first films to use this genre. The film used soul jazz, funk, heavy bass and funky rhythms. Will Packer, born April 11, 1974 in St. Petersburg, Florida, is an American director and producer. Packer is the founder of Will Packer Productions. Packer attended Florida A&M University. He met his business partner, Rob Hardy, a film producer, director, screenwriter and television director. Packer participated in an internship with the president of the Black Film Foundation, Warrington Hudlin. Packer's first film was Chocolate City, which earned him a small business. Packer and his partner Rob Hardy wanted to make films primarily for African-American audiences. Packer's first film with the