Storyline: 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.
Release Date: 1989-06-14
Original Language: en
Original Title: Do the Right Thing
Status: Released
Runtime: 120 minutes
TagLine: It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can Do the Right Thing.
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