Spike Lee's classic from 1989 is our final Movie of the Day celebrating Black History Month. At the time controversial, the film is still a provocative, vibrantly alive piece of filmmaking, brimming with energy in every frame. Taking place on one sweltering hot day in New York City, Lee stars as Mookie, the neighborhood pizza delivery guy, and his film dares to ask questions and bring up ideas about race relations that that are always being swept under the surface of our society. Do the Right Thing was famously snubbed for major Oscar nominations, probably due to the controversy surrounding it at the time (fears that it would cause riots, which now look absurd) but it holds up amazingly well today and remains one of the seminal films of the 1980's.
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