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“It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...”
Do the Right Thing unfolds on a sweltering summer day in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where the simmering tensions between Sal's pizzeria and its predominantly black clientele come to a head. Buggin' Out's indignation at the Italian-only Wall of Fame mirrors the wider racial discord that threatens to boil over as the neighborhood teeters on the brink of chaos. Spike Lee’s raw, provocative portrait of a community divided by prejudice and pride is a volatile mix of humor, anger, and social commentary, capturing the volatile undercurrents of urban America in the late 1980s.
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