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The classic, Oscar-nominated movie by Spike Lee is set in Brooklyn on the hottest day of the year.
'Do the Right Thing' — and an interaction with its filmmaker — forever changed me.
This year's event was a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Lee's classic film 'Do The Right Thing,' taking place on one of the very blocks where the movie was shot in Bed-Stuy.
Nunn's death was first announced by Spike Lee.
With a strange-looking mustachioed Billy Crudup as Mookie.
The screening is in memory of Eric Garner and Akai Gurley.
Also, Clifton from the movie was probably one of Bed-Stuy's first gentrifiers.
Dave Chappelle, Wesley Snipes, and more stopped by Bed-Stuy Saturday to join Spike Lee in celebrating the 25th anniversary of "Do The Right Thing" at a giant summer block party.
The Obamas reminisced on seeing Lee's 1989 film on their "first official date."
He refused to talk about gentrification at this morning's press conference... sort of.