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Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can Do the Right Thing.
Jun 14, 1989 2h 0m
7.7
1798 votes

Synopsis

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione 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.

Title Do the Right Thing
Companies Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Countries United States of America
Keywords new york city, police brutality, hip-hop, italian american, culture clash, chaos, black people, heat, street war, restaurant critic, radio transmission, punk rock, pizzeria, police operation, pizza, love, money, racism, brooklyn, new york city, heatwave