Do the right thing, a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production, a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
Type
Label
Do the right thing, a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production, a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Main title
Do the right thing
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
403866654
Responsibility statement
a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production, a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
Runtime
120
Summary
It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large Radio Raheem. He is unwilling to succumb to the over-excessive brutality of the police and the racist views of Sal and his family. The overzealous police officers don't understand the repercussions of the violence they just unleashed. The neighbors band together to protest this extreme form of pure, toxic bigotry. Mob mentality takes over and the other local non-African American store owners become threatened. Tempers flare and rage is in the air
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
Subject
- Riots -- New York (State) -- New York
- Dark comedy films
- Estados Unidos + Relaciones raciales -- Teatro
- Afronorteamericanos -- Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) -- Nueva York -- Teatro
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- United States -- Race relations
- Police brutality -- New York (State) -- New York
- Italian American families -- New York (State) -- New York
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations with Italian Americans
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York
- Family-owned business enterprises -- New York (State) -- New York
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- Classification1
- Contributor12
- Genre2
- Subject11
- Riots -- New York (State) -- New York
- Dark comedy films
- Estados Unidos + Relaciones raciales -- Teatro
- Afronorteamericanos -- Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) -- Nueva York -- Teatro
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- United States -- Race relations
- Police brutality -- New York (State) -- New York
- Italian American families -- New York (State) -- New York
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations with Italian Americans
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York
- Family-owned business enterprises -- New York (State) -- New York
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