Do the Right Thing

Brooklyn, New York, one of the hottest days of the year. Italian-American Sal runs a pizzeria with his sons in a neighborhood where several communities and ethnicities mix. The wall of his shop is decorated with photos of white celebrities, even though most of his clientele are African Americans. In that heat, a drama slowly unfolds with roots deep in American society - and despite all efforts, catastrophe is inevitable.

Do the Right Thing is one of the most significant films in American cinema and catapulted Spike Lee among its most distinctive auteur filmmakers. As director and screenwriter, he grappled with the burning and still unresolved question of racial tension at the heart of modern America - with all its contradictory contexts. His third feature film strikes with a dynamic style and formally progressive scene construction far beyond the boundaries of Hollywood standards.

Within the space of a single block in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, Lee built a living microcosm. More than ten characters, each with a different opinion and life attitude, together mirror the framework of modern American society.