Drama · United States of America · 1989 · 2h 0m

Do the Right Thing

Director

Cast

Danny Aiello as Sal Ossie Davis as Da Mayor Ruby Dee as Mother Sister Richard Edson as Vito Giancarlo Esposito as Buggin Out Spike Lee as Mookie

Crew

Ernest R. Dickerson — Director of Photography Barry Alexander Brown — Editor Bill Lee — Original Music Composer Spike Lee — Screenplay Spike Lee — Producer Wynn Thomas — Production Design

Tagline

It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...

Synopsis

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.

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