Do The Right Thing
(1989)
Starring: Spike Lee, John Turturo, Samuel Jackson
Do The Right Thing is an awesome film by Spike Lee, one of my personal favorites of his. I watched this movie for my Independent film class for my African American Cinema chapter, this is the second time i've had the pleasure of seeing this film. Do The Right Thing is a colorful movie with equally colorful characters. Set in a New York neighborhood on a summer day of a scorching hundred degree heat, controversy reigns supreme. This movie is all about the far-reaching evils of racism and how they eat away at society. Spike Lee did not only just direct this film, but he stars as one of the main roles in the film. Many specific scenes in this film are very poignant and well developed to prove Spike Lee's point about the evil's of racism and reverse racism. Spike Lee does not just focus on the discrimination against African Americans but also of the African Americans discriminating unjustly against the white, korean, and hispanic communities as well. Lee is said to be equally as hard on his own people as other people are on his race. I think that this film is a difficult narrative sewn together only by the talent and vision of Spike Lee into a cohesive urban masterpiece.
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