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Do the Right Thing...and directed by Spike Lee. The film deals with issues of racial conflict in the multi-ethnic community of Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, during the hottest day of the summer. Director Lee stars in the film,... In this article: Do the Right Thing, Radio Raheem, Spike Lee, Fight the Power, Public Enemy, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Pizza |
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Root Magazine | June 24, 2009
The Music in Spike's Message
...two Ivy League professionals going on their first date.) The film seemingly anticipated the 1989 murder of Yusef Hawkins, a black Brooklyn youth who was shot in an Italian-American neighborhood of Bensonhurst, and the eventual election of...
In this article: Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, Fight the Power, Rosie Perez, New York City, Ivy League, Fruit of Islam, Lycra, and National Review
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NPR | June 24, 2009
20 Years Since Spike Lee's 'Do The Right Thing'
...Danny Aiello as Sal) both directs and stars in Do The Right Thing. Lee's character, Mookie, works at Sal's Famous Pizzeria in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Universal The famous hip-hop song by rap group Public Enemy was...
In this article: Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee, Mark Anthony Neal, Jungle Fever, Duke University, Danny Aiello, NPR, and Nationalism
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The State | August 18, 2009
Spike Lee to mark Jackson's birthday with NYC bash
...20th anniversary screening of "Do the Right Thing", in New York. Lee, a Brooklyn native, and Jackson collaborated on the music video for "They Don't Care About Us." Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will proclaim Aug. 29...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Spike Lee, New York City, They Don't Care About Us, Marty Markowitz, Do the Right Thing, and California
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | June 28, 2009
'Do The Right Thing' still asks burning questions
...battle between love and hate teeters on a razor's edge. The young black man Radio Raheem has been choked to death by white police after a fight with a Brooklyn pizzeria owner. A seething crowd gathers in front of the shop. Lee's...
In this article: Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee, Radio Raheem, New York City, Roger Ebert, Pizza, E mail, Oscar, and Michael Stewart
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Kansas City Star | August 15, 2009
KC's first Urban Film Festival to feature local productions and a Spike Lee classic
...hair-care industry. 5:15 p.m. : "Do the Right Thing": It's a 20th anniversary screening of Spike Lee's landmark film about race relations in a mostly black Brooklyn neighborhood on a sweltering summer day. "Everyone agrees it's a great...
In this article: Spike Lee and Do the Right Thing
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Virginia Pilot | September 08, 2009
The painful legacy of 1989's Greekfest endures
...of black empowerment. "Fight the Power" was the theme song of one of the summer's top movies, Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing," a story of racial tension in Brooklyn that ends in a riot after police kill a black man. Unlike previous years,...
In this article: Virginia Beach, Fight the Power, and Norfolk State University
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New York Post: Entertainment | June 27, 2009
SPIKE STILL DELIVERS
...REFLECT ON HOW THEIR MOVIE MADE HISTORY On Christmas Day, 1987, 30-year-old Brooklyn-based filmmaker Spike Lee started working on the script for his third feature, "Do the Right Thing." The film would examine the racial tension that...
In this article: Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, Pizza, Chicago Sun-Times, and Vincent Canby
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Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area. If the borough were a separate city, it would be the fourth-largest city in the United States. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State, and the second most densely populated county in the United States, after New York County (Manhattan).
Though a part of New York City, Brooklyn maintains a distinct culture, independent art scene, and unique architectural heritage. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves where particular ethnic groups and cultures predominate.
- Name:
- Brooklyn
- Type:
- Borough of New York City
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1634
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 96.90
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 70.61
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 26.29
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