Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

NAME OF FILM: DO THE RIGHT THING

DIRECTOR(S): Spike Lee

STARRING: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee

GENRE: Comedy Film

SYNOPSIS: Set in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood during a hot summer day, Lee stars as Mookie, an unmotivated delivery boy at Sal’s Pizzeria. Sal (Danny Aiello) has been in the rapidly-changing neighborhood for over twenty years, and his Italian American Wall of Fame rubs some of the African-American customers the wrong way. Simmering tension (racial and otherwise) culminates in a violent showdown.