Do the Right Thing is set on one block of Brooklyn’s famed Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood at the height of a sweltering summer in the late 1980s. Director Spike Lee plays Mookie, a delivery man who works for Sal (Danny Aiello), the long-standing owner of an Italian restaurant in a largely African-American neighbourhood. What starts as a spat in the restaurant soon escalates into a tragic event that touches the whole community. 

Lee’s film is as astute, funny, moving and thought-provoking as it was upon release 35 years ago and features great performances across the board.