Do the Right Thing

  • Theatrical - Wide 1989-06-30
Box Office Gross: $37,300,000
Running Time: 120 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
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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... See more 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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