In the sweltering summer of 1988, documentary mainstay St. Clair Bourne followed Spike Lee and his crew through Bed-Stuy as they shot the director's then-controversial breakout film Do the Right Thing. Alongside interviews with Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro and Melvin Van Peebles, Bourne asks residents what it's like to have their neighborhood turned upside-down. More than a behind-the-scenes glance, Making Do the Right Thing stands on its own as a vital document of a community in transition.
Screening on 16mm. Courtesy of Film Desk and Chamba Media. Special thanks to Jake Perlin and Judith Bourne.
Stay for the 8:30pm screening of Do the Right Thing. $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.
