Do the Right Thing

It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...

• Drama

Sal 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.

Director

Spike Lee

Released

14 June 1989

Studio

Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

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