Film & TV1989
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee's masterpiece of racial tension in Brooklyn — released in 1989 and more urgent with every decade. The film the Academy snubbed for Best Picture was ultimately proven right.
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Brooklyn, New York
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Films
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