The Guyanese-born British star of Black Panther received BAFTA’s rising star award.

Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross announced the 91st Oscars nominations today live from the Academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills.

“BlacKkKlansman” releases in theaters August 10

The film stars John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier and Topher Grace.

King died in 2012 by drowning, following a lifetime of battling alcohol and drug abuse and repeated run-ins with the law.

The film has already earned four NAACP Image Award nominations.

“Guns are destroying this country. People are dying and families are being changed,” says the filmmaker.

Lee was recently honored for his lifetime contribution to cinema.

Despite making box office successes such as “Jungle Fever, “Malcolm X” and “Inside Man.” Lee has never received an Oscar.

The Spanish film with English subtitles opens in Los Angeles on April 10th.

“The Girl Is in Trouble” is currently on VOD and in theaters.

Spike Lee’s latest movie tells the story a young boy from middle-class Atlanta who spends the summer with his deeply religious grandfather in Brooklyn.

In the new movie, Lee returns five years later to see how plans to rebuild New Orleans have played out.