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
Leonard Jackson (actor) adaptation of the Sidney Sheldon novel. Jackson died on December 22, 2013 in Manhattan, New York at age eighty-five after losing his battle with Alzheimer's disease. He is survived by his wife, Ada Jackson, brother-in-law, Alexander Edwards and wife, Janice, sister-in-law, Joan Phillips, nephew, Emerson Thompson and wife, Geraldine, nieces Kim Hunter and Patricia Jackson and a host of other cousins, nieces, nephews, family and friends. Leonard Jackson (actor) Leonard Jackson (February 7, 1928 – December 22, 2013) was an African American stage, film, and television actor, perhaps most widely known for his roles in several PBS television series for