If you loved Malcolm X, try Do the Right Thing
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Spike Lee, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Malcolm X, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Do the Right Thing is
Bedford-Stuyvesant, summer heat, a pizzeria's jukebox. Sal's Italian restaurant, a Wall of Fame, and a neighborhood's discontent. Spike Lee frames the simmering tension of a community on the brink.

