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Do the Right Thing

Director
Spike Lee
Year
1989
Genre
Drama
Cast
Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito
Rating
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Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

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