Do the Right Thing Trailer - Directed by Spike Lee and starring Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee. Do The Right Thing takes place on a hot summer day in Brooklyn and depicts the racial conflict between an Italian American pizza restaurant owner and his African American customers and how things erupt into a violent outbreak. This Spike Lee Joint touches on themes of segregation and apartheid in the USA.

Universal - 1989

Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson, and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The story follows a Brooklyn neighborhood's simmering racial tension, which culminates in tragedy on a hot summer day.