Do the Right Thing
It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can Do the Right Thing.
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, black people, heat, street war, restaurant critic, radio transmission, punk rock, pizzeria, police operation, pizza, love, money, racism, brooklyn, new york city, heatwave
- Director: Spike Lee
- Cast: Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Richard Edson, John Turturro, Ruby Dee
