Do the Right Thing
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.
- Year: 1989
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
- Keyword: 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, heatwave, race relations
- Director: Spike Lee
- Cast: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee
