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Director Spike Lee teams with NBA stars to fight gun violence

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Filmmaker Spike Lee shows a peace sign to the crowd after leading a march calling for an end to gun violence, in New York, on December 1, 2015

New York (AFP) - Film director Spike Lee has joined the NBA in an initiative to fight gun violence in America, hoping that star power can succeed where politics has so far failed.

Lee will direct several commercials as part of the "End Gun Violence" campaign, with the first television spots to hit the air during National Basketball Association games airing on Christmas Day.