“The nerves that the movie touched are as raw as ever.”
—The New York Times

“The first time I saw DO THE RIGHT THING, when it was over, I didn’t speak for a while. I was just trying to take it all in. It was a knockout – almost like being in a boxing ring. Sometimes it was brutal, and sometimes beautiful; an attack, done with style, anger, and compassion.”
—Steve McQueen 

Set in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, Spike Lee’s thought-provoking and powerful 1989 comedy/drama chronicles the events that lead up to a racial confrontation between the residents. The action takes place on the hottest day of the year and centers around a pizza parlor run by Italian-American Sal (Danny Aiello) and his two sons. Lee’s kinetic and colorful style showcases wonderful acting turns by the large ensemble cast, which includes the writer-director Spike Lee himself, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Bill Nunn, Robin Harris, and the wonderful Ossie Davis, who gets to deliver the best line of the film. In 35mm.