Join students, faculty, and staff to reflect on and discuss the powerful impact of Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed movie Do The Right Thing on politics of race and identity in the late 20th century.
Set on one block of Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant Do or Die neighborhood at the height of summer, this 1989 masterpiece by Spike Lee confirmed him as a writer and filmmaker of peerless vision and passionate social engagement. Over the course of a single day, the easygoing interactions of a cast of unforgettable characters—Da Mayor, Mother Sister, Mister Señor Love Daddy, Tina, Sweet Dick Willie, Buggin Out, Radio Raheem, Sal, Pino, Vito, and Lee’s Mookie among them—give way to heated confrontations as tensions rise along racial fault lines, ultimately exploding into violence. Punctuated by the anthemic refrain of Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” Do The Right Thing is a landmark in American cinema, as politically and emotionally charged and as relevant now as when it first hit the big screen. This screening will be followed by table discussions.
This event is free but space is limited and RSVPs are required.