MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA ZIEGFELD PREMIERE SPIKE LEE, LAZ ALONSO, MARTIN SCORSESE, KERRY WASHINGTON

Binside TV was on the red carpet for last night's premiere of Miracle at St. Anna. Spike Lee's friend and mentor director Martin Scorsese attended the screening. The movie opens nationwide on September 26th. Click here to watch the trailer.

The war epic directed by Spike Lee is earning Oscar buzz for Lee and the lead actor Laz Alonso.

Celebs turned out for the premiere like Kerry Washington who has a role as Zana Wilder and is currently featured in Lakeview Terrace with Samuel Jackson  which was number one at the boxoffice. Other cast members who walked the carpet were Wesley Snipes who was originally cast in the movie, Halle Berry's ex Michael Ealey, Derek Luke and Omar Benson Miller. Derek Luke told Binside TV that he was happy for the opportunity to work with directors Spike Lee and Denzel Washington who he has always admired.  Another red carpet highlight was our encounter with the energetic cast of the Broadway musical "Passing Strange" who are stars of Spike Lee's next movie. Binside TV also had the chance to talk to the brilliant composer Terence Blanchard who has collaborated with Spike Lee on twelve movies. We encourage everyone to go out and support this Spike Lee joint. Click here for more photos from the premiere.

It’s a safe bet that Clint Eastwood will be watching Spike Lee’s “Miracle at St. Anna,” if he hasn’t already.

Things are finally cool between the two directors, reportedly, after Steven Spielberg brokered a truce, ending the discord that started in May when Lee chastised Eastwood over the dearth of black actors in his WWII movies “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima.”

Lee crafts his own WWII epic, spotlighting the black Buffalo Soldiers in “Miracle at St. Anna,” which opens Friday.

“This film is not just about the Buffalo Soldiers 92nd Division. It’s about many things,” Lee said in Toronto’s Four Seasons hotel.

Set in a small Tuscan town in 1944 as American forces spurred the Nazi retreat, “Miracle” is also about the “civil war between the Italian citizens who wanted liberty,” Lee said, “versus the ones who wanted to stay under the fascist regime of Mussolini.”

The title references the church where “on Aug. 12, 1944, the Nazi 6th Division of the SS slaughtered 560 innocent Italian civilians. Mostly,” Lee said, “they were elderly men, women and kids.” source