Using old footage showed so many parallels between the modern day movements, such as Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police, and movements of the 1960s.
Being a child of the 1960s, Lee could see those similarities between his generation and current generations.
Spike Lee used Da 5 Bloods opening to reach across different generations.
The footage allowed the film to remind Baby Boomers and Gen X of a time that still lives on in their minds.