Do The Right Thing
Spike Lee's powerful, gritty film set in Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant community. Danny Aiello stars as the pizza parlour owner, Spike Lee himself as the delivery boy. Notable for it's uncanny depiction of the community, it's focus on the moral issues of racism and non\-violence - a gripping experience.
Year: 1989
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Drama, Best of the 1980s, Empire Mag's Greatest 201, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Racial Intolerance
Country: USA
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis
Duration: 115 Minutes
Rating: R16 - Contains violence and offensive language.
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