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Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Release: 1989-06-14 ·Runtime: 120m ·★ 7.8
Drama

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.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks