Do the Right Thing"Do the Right Thing (1989) is arguably Spike Lee's best feature film, and one of the most popular and celebrated examples of African Americans' ongoing 'new black film wave'. From hip-hop fashions, Afrocentric colours and rap music, to police brutality, gentrification, non-white immigration, deindustrialisation and joblessness, Do the Right Thing depicts it all, from a contemporary, African American point of view." "In the most incisive analysis yet of Lee's film, Ed Guerrero explores its nuanced blend of art, politics and commercial instinct. Do the Right Thing, Guerrero shows, epitomises a creative practice that confronts institutional discrimination and power relations head on."--Jacket. |
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