Do the Right Thing (1989)
June 14, 1989
Drama
2h


It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
- Spike Lee
- Sal Danny Aiello
- Da Mayor Ossie Davis
- Mother Sister Ruby Dee
- Vito Richard Edson
- Buggin Out Giancarlo Esposito
- Mookie Spike Lee
- Radio Raheem Bill Nunn
- Pino John Turturro
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Keywords
- new york city
- police brutality
- hip-hop
- italian american
- culture clash
- chaos
- heat
- street war
- restaurant critic
- radio transmission
- punk rock
- pizzeria
- police operation
- pizza
- love
- money
- racism
- brooklyn, new york city
- criterion
- heatwave