Do the right thing, a Universal release ; a Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
Type
Label
Do the right thing, a Universal release ; a Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Canadian Home Video Rating: R
Main title
Do the right thing
Medium
videorecording
Responsibility statement
a Universal release ; a Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
Runtime
240
Series statement
Criterion collection, 97
Summary
"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise, "--Container
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Lee, Bill, 1928-
- Turturro, John, 1957-
- Dee, Ruby
- Aiello, Danny, 1935-
- Nunn, Bill, 1953-
- Perez, Rosie
- Brown, Barry Alexander
- Davis, Ossie
- Jackson, Samuel L
- Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
- Edson, Richard
- Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
- Lee, Spike
- Esposito, Giancarlo
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952-
- Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
Subject
- Comedy films
- Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- United States -- Race relations -- Fiction
- Italian American families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations with Italian Americans -- Fiction
- Feature films
- African Americans + Crimes against -- Fiction
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
Content
Is Derivative Of
Is Part Of
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor17
- Lee, Bill, 1928-
- Turturro, John, 1957-
- Dee, Ruby
- Aiello, Danny, 1935-
- Nunn, Bill, 1953-
- Perez, Rosie
- Brown, Barry Alexander
- Davis, Ossie
- Jackson, Samuel L
- Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
- Edson, Richard
- Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
- Lee, Spike
- Esposito, Giancarlo
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952-
- Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
- Genre2
- Subject8
- Comedy films
- Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- United States -- Race relations -- Fiction
- Italian American families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations with Italian Americans -- Fiction
- Feature films
- African Americans + Crimes against -- Fiction
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Content1
- Is Derivative Of1
- Is Part Of1