Do the Right Thing (Do the Right Thing)

It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...

Release Date:	1989-06-14
Runtime:	120 min
Status:	Released
Genres:	Drama
Production:	Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Overview

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione 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.