directed by: Spike Lee, year: 1989
actors: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Rosie Perez

Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film that follows the life of a young man named Mookie in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The film explores themes of race relations, police brutality, and cultural tensions as the neighborhood experiences a hot summer day leading to tragic events.

Racial Tension, Community, Conflict, Social Justice, Heatwave, Urban Landscape, African American