During a summer heat wave in Brooklyn, one block simmers toward combustion. Spike Lee's 1989 masterpiece is a powerful dramatization of race relations in America. With Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" as its anthem and superb performances from a large ensemble cast — including Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro, and Ruby Dee, with Lee himself as pizza delivery man Mookie — Do the Right Thing remains a landmark of American cinema.
“Said more about the state of contemporary race relations, and with more complexity and brazen confidence, than any other film in the American cinema to date…” –Ashley Clark
Come early for the 6:00pm screening of St. Clair Bourne's Making Do the Right Thing on 16mm. $10 for one screening, $15 double feature.
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We are proud to be sponsored by Istic Illic Pictures, Stellar Bookkeepers and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Support provided by FRANC and the Fund for the City of New York.
