London: 'Do the Right Thing' at Farm Street Film Club

The Tim Hetherington Film Club at Farm Street, 114 Mount St W1K 3AH, presents 'Do the Right Thing' in the Arrupe Hall at 6.30pm for 7pm on Thursday 29 August 2024. Cost: free - with drinks and refreshments (donations welcome)

To complement our own hot Summer nights, 'Do the Right Thing' is a 1989 American comedy drama film produced, written and directed by multi award-winning Spike Lee. It stars Lee, Danny Aiello, John Tunturro and Samuel L Jackson and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez.

The story explores a Brooklyn neighbourhood's simmering racial tension between its African-American residents and the Italian-American owners of a local pizzeria, culminating in tragedy and violence on a hot summer's day.

Appropriately, we are showing the film in mid-summer when we are also in the midst of social tensions.

A critical and commercial success, the film received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Aiello's portrayal of Sal, the pizzeria owner.

In 1999, it was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as 'culturally, historically or aesthetically significant'. In 2022, the film was ranked the 24th greatest of all time in Sight and Sound magazine's poll of critics, programmers, curators, archivists and academics. It has since been featured on many other lists of the greatest films of all time by numerous critics. This really is a 'must see' film.

Watch the official trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ny631yQ-DM