Spike lee's study of racial tensions takes place on the hottest day of the year in the bedford stuyvesant section of brooklyn, new york. The film charts the increasing tension between a black pizza delivery boy spike lee and his italian bosses, the local folk and yuppy newcomers, and builds inexorably to a violent confrontation. Spike lee's incendiary look at race relations in america, circa 1989, is so colourful and exuberant for its first three quarters that you can almost forget the terrible confrontation that the movie inexorably builds toward.  do the right thing  is a joyful, tumultuous masterpiece maybe the best film ever made about race in america, revealing racial prejudices and stereotypes in all their guises and demonstrating how a deadly riot can erupt out of a series of small misunderstandings. Set on one block in bedford stuyvesant on the hottest day of the summer, the movie shows the whole spectrum of life in this neighbourhood and then leaves it up to us to decide if, in the end, anybody actually does the right thing. Featuring danny aiello as sal, the pizza parlour owner lee himself as mookie, the lazy pizza delivery guy john turturro and richard edson as sal's sons lee's sister joie as mookie's sister jade rosie perez as mookie's girlfriend tina ossie davis and ruby dee as the block elders, da mayor and mother sister giancarlo esposito as mookie's hot headed friend buggin' out bill nunn as the boom box toting radio raheem and samuel l jackson as dj mister seor love daddy. This is a rich and nuanced film to watch, treasure and learn from over and over again.   jim emerson   this text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.