Do the Right Thing
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Do the Right Thing
Under the blazing summer sun, busted hydrants, blasting boomboxes, and block parties freshen up the sweltering streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stuy) in Brooklyn. Tensions heat up when an Italian American-owned pizzeria in the predominantly African American neighbourhood refuses to include Black celebrities on its ‘Wall of Fame’, and a police killing tips over the simmering pot of frustrations.
Spike Lee’s self-starring masterpiece Do the Right Thing (1989) paints a timeless portrait of Brooklyn that is rich in both piercing social commentary and brash humour. Colourful scenes of Bed-Stuy are elevated by a vibrant soundscape featuring a spectrum of music by African American artists, ranging from high-powered hip hop (Public Enemy’s ‘Fight the Power’ (1989)) to romantic R&B (Perri’s ‘Feel So Good’(1988)) and a jazz score composed by the director’s father Bill Lee that soothes you like the summer breeze.
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved
About the Director
Spike Lee (b. 1957, United States) is an Academy Award-winning film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and educator. His remarkable body of work spans five decades and is renowned for its clever commentary on racial prejudice in American society. Do The Right Thing is among five of his films selected for preservation in the United States’ National Film Registry for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’.
Image at top: Spike Lee. Do the Right Thing, 1989. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus. © 1989 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved