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Spike Lee Shares Unmade Jackie Robinson Script With Fans During Quarantine

People across the country adhering to self-quarantine protocol received a surprise bit of reading material on Sunday in the form of an unmade, previously unreleased script from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee.

On his Instagram page, Lee posted a video to his fans wishing them well as the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic. He also shared the link to an unmade script he wrote for a would-be feature film about Jackie Robinson.

Calling the film one of his "dream projects," the version Lee released is the fifth draft of the script, and was written in 1996.