Do the Right Thing

United States of America, 1989

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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.

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Credits

director

Spike Lee

costume design

Ruth E. Carter

producer

Spike Lee

production company

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Universal Pictures

production design

Wynn Thomas

screenplay

Spike Lee

Duration

02:00:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-925

Language

English

Subject category

Drama

TMDB-Movie

925

Wikidata

Q1141252

Collected

408 times

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