MOOKIE SUNRISE JERSEY

Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, and Samuel L. Jackson, and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The story explores a Brooklyn neighborhood'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 day.

Merchandise designed and produced with Academy Award-winner Spike Lee’s company 40 Acres and A Mule, exclusively for the Academy Museum’s grand opening Lee is the first director featured in the Director’s Inspiration gallery as part of the Academy Museum’s core exhibition Stories of Cinema.

Academy Museum Exclusive