DO THE RIGHT THING
Set on one block of Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy, do-or-die neighborhood at the height of summer, this 1989 masterpiece by Spike Lee confirmed him as a writer and filmmaker of peerless vision and passionate social engagement. Over the course of a single day, the easygoing interactions of a cast of unforgettable characters — Da Mayor, Mother Sister, Mister Señor Love Daddy, Tina, Sweet Dick Willie, Buggin Out, Radio Raheem, Sal, Pino, Vito and Lee's Mookie among them — give way to heated confrontations as tensions rise along racial fault lines, ultimately exploding into violence. Punctuated by the anthemic refrain of Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," DO THE RIGHT THING is a landmark in American cinema, as politically and emotionally charged and as relevant now as when it first hit the big screen. DIR/SCR/PROD Spike Lee. U.S., 1989, color, 120 min. RATED R
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Run Time: 120 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, July 04, 2021
Genre: Comedy-drama
