Director Spike Lee said he's getting his tickets to Barack Obama's inauguration, and he believes it'll ring in a "chocolate city."

Although Election Day is still more than four months off, Lee told a film festival audience in Silver Spring, Md., last week that the Illinois senator will be going all the way, according to the Reuters news agency.

"It's going to be before Obama, 'B.B.,' and after Obama -- 'A.B.' -- and some folks need to get used to this," Lee said Thursday. "And I'm going to be at the inauguration -- getting my hotel reservation now."

In vouching for Obama, Lee also told the audience, "We need a real chocolate city." Lee has endorsed Obama's candidacy.

The words echoed remarks New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Nagin called for a more "chocolate" New Orleans, advocating the return displaced blacks back to the city.

At his appearance at the American Film Institute-sponsored festival, Lee was receiving honors for his documentaries, including one he directed about the storm, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."

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