Title: Do the Right Thing
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Languages: English
Genres: Drama,
Runtime: 2:00:00 Hour
Cast: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
Directors: Spike Lee
MPA Rating: R
Rating: 7.8 (2020 Votes)
TomatoMeter: 92 %
Audiance Score: 89 %
Critics Consensus: Smart, vibrant, and urgent without being didactic, Do the Right Thing is one of Spike Lee's most fully realized efforts -- and one of the most important films of the 1980s.
Year: 1989
Summary: 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.