Visionary multi-hyphenate Spike Lee announced he will serve as jury president for the 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival in the spring. Lee has a 30-plus-year history with the festival, with some of his earliest films scooping up big honors along the way. But this jury president news is particularly major because Lee is now the first African-American to to preside over the Cannes jury as well as the first person hailing from the African diaspora, as Lee noted in his statement. [caption id="attachment_723863" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Focus Features[/caption] As Indiewire rightfully …