Do the Right Thing

Name: Do the Right Thing
Rating: 7.8

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

R Drama

Starring: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito

Writer: Spike Lee

Release Date:
June 14, 1989

Ratings:
7.8 / 10

Director:
Spike Lee

Companies:
Universal Pictures

Overview

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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