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On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
(R, 120 min.)
This film will screen in house starting August 22nd. More details to follow.
7:15 PM
3:00 PM
Set on one block of Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy Do or Die neighborhood, at the height of summer, this 1989 masterpiece by Spike Lee confirmed him as a writer and filmmaker of peerless vision and passionate social engagement. Over the course of a single day, the easygoing interactions of a cast of unforgettable characters—Da Mayor, Mother Sister, Mister Señor Love Daddy, Tina, Sweet Dick Willie, Buggin Out, Radio Raheem, Sal, Pino, Vito, and Lee’s Mookie among them—give way to heated confrontations as tensions rise along racial fault lines, ultimately exploding into violence. Punctuated by the anthemic refrain of Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” Do the Right Thing is a landmark in American cinema, as politically and emotionally charged and as relevant now as when it first hit the big screen. [Criterion]
Starring: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Bill Nunn, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Rosie Perez, Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro
Director: Spike Lee
Genre: Drama, Comedy
"A remarkable piece of work."
— Vincent Canby, The New York Times
"Lee has forged a work of art in the classic sense -- art that delights and instructs."
— Rick Groen, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"A movie made by filmmaker working in sync with his times -- an exciting, disturbing, provocative film."
— Hal Hinson, Washington Post
"It comes closer to reflecting the current state of race relations in America than any other movie of our time. [27 May 2001]"
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"A powerful and persuasive look at an ethnic community and what makes it tick -- funky, entertaining, packed with insight, and political in the best, most responsible sense."
— Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
"Do the Right Thing is complex, bravura movie making. It is also hugely entertaining, since fortunately for us, Lee's seditious method is to use humor to carry his biting message."
— Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
"'Do the Right Thing' [...] wisely deprives you of the cozy resolutions and epiphanies so often manufactured by Hollywood. Like the film's principals, you are left feeling that you have been torched where you live."
— Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
"In the final analysis, the best thing one can say for Lee is that he takes risks, like all true artists. For unlike most of today's film makers, he's not afraid to really challenge a movie audience to do some serious thinking."
— Kathleen Carroll, New York Daily News
"Has more originality, nitty-gritty humor, spirit and spunk than all the summer blockbuster retreads combined. Underneath the jousting and jiving, there's a sharp, uncompromising look at the anatomy of a race riot in the movie. [30 June 1989]"
— Judy Stone, San Francisco Chronicle
