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Do the right thing
- Title
- Do the right thing [motion picture] / Universal ; produced by Spike Lee with Monty Ross.
- Publication
- St. Louis, MO : Swank, 1989.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 4 OF 4 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4278 D C.1 REEL 4 OF 4 C.1 REEL 4 OF 4 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 3 OF 4 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4278 D C.1 REEL 3 OF 4 C.1 REEL 3 OF 4 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 2 OF 4 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4278 D C.1 REEL 2 OF 4 C.1 REEL 2 OF 4 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 1 OF 4 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4278 D C.1 REEL 1 OF 4 C.1 REEL 1 OF 4 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 4 film reels (120 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- Spike Lee's fictional examination of racism was undertaken in the wake of a series racial incidents in New York, most notably the Howard Beach assault in which one black man was killed and another seriously injured by a white mob. The narrative takes place in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn on the hottest day of the year and unfolds around the web of race relations among blacks, Latinos, Italian-Americans, West Indians and Koreans that intersects in Sal's Pizzeria. Rueing the absence of black heroes on Sal's wall of notable Americans, Buggin' Out, a black nationalist, embarks on a crusade to have Sal remove Italian American luminaries and replace them with African American ones. Eventually, Buggin' Out organizes a boycott of the pizzeria that culminates in a violent confrontation between Sal and Radio Raheem, a local bully. Sal smashes Raheem's boom box and a ruckus ensues. The police are summoned to apprehend Radio and in the process, choke him to death. Mookie, Sal's deliveryman, evaluates the situation and in a moment of rage, hurls a garbage can through Sal's window. "The carnival of fury that Lee unfurl's at the film's finale combines a sixties' militancy with a nineties' vision." Throughout the film, racial strife is underlined by Public Enemy's rap "Fight the power." (Circulates)
- Subjects
- Credits (note)
- Producer, director, writer, Spike Lee; photography, Ernest Dickerson; editor, Barry Alexander Brown; music, Bill Lee.
- Performer (note)
- Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Spike Lee, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro.
- Title
- Do the right thing [motion picture] / Universal ; produced by Spike Lee with Monty Ross.
- Imprint
- St. Louis, MO : Swank, 1989.
- Credits
- Producer, director, writer, Spike Lee; photography, Ernest Dickerson; editor, Barry Alexander Brown; music, Bill Lee.
- Cast
- Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Spike Lee, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro.
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- Added Author
- Lee, Spike, film producer.Lee, Spike, film director.Lee, Spike, screenwriter.Aiello, Danny, 1933-2019, actor.Davis, Ossie, actor.Dee, Ruby, actor.Esposito, Giancarlo, actor.Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016, actor.Turturro, John, 1957- actor.
- Branch Call Number
- M16 4278 D