They Don't Care About Us permission to film in one of the city's shantytowns. The music video was directed by Spike Lee. Asked why he chose Lee to direct the video, Jackson responded, "'They Don't Care About Us' has an edge, and Spike Lee had approached me. It's a public awareness song and that's what he is all about. It's a protest kind of song ... and I think he was perfect for it". Jackson also collaborated with 200 members of the cultural group Olodum, who "swayed to the heavy beat of Salvador's 'samba-reggae' music". The media interest surrounding the music video exposed Olodum to
Carl Lee (actor) Carl Lee (actor) Carl Lee (November 22, 1926April 17, 1986), born Carl Vincent Canegata, was an American actor. His father was actor/professional boxer Canada Lee (1907–1952). In a 2000 interview, filmmaker James Toback stated, "In the sort of hip world of New York, Carl Lee was the hip-black-actor icon. He was for hip people what Sidney Poitier was for mainstream people." Lee played a heroin dealer, the title role in the Obie Award-winning play "The Connection". He later appeared in the film version. Lee, who made his first film appearance in the 1954 film "Human Desire", went on to appear