Do The Right Thing

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn,
everyone’s hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Oscar nominee: Best Supporting Actor (Danny Aiello), & Original Screenplay!
Cannes Film Festival: Palme d’Or nominee!
20/20 Awards: Best Director, Editing, & Original Song award winner!
LA Film Critics: Best Picture, Director, Music, & Supporting Actor (Danny Aiello) award winner!
Gotham Awards: Classic Film Tribute award winner!
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Danny Aiello) award winner!

5 Stars! “Racial tensions hit boiling point on the Brooklyn streets in a masterwork whose relevance remains starker than ever” (The Guardian)

4/4 Stars! “An out-and-out masterpiece, Spike Lee’s best movie also remains the most penetrating film ever made about race relations” (Film Frenzy)

4/4 Stars! “[an] uncontestable masterpiece, and one American cinema’s absolutely unimpeachable classics” (Slant)