Do the Right Thing

Overview

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

14 June 1989

120 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Da Mayor
Mother Sister
Mookie
Radio Raheem
Coconut Sid
Sweet Dick Willie