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DO THE RIGHT THING: PRE-SCREENING LECTURE WITH FRANK DOBSON
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 11:00 AM
Dir. Spike Lee, USA, 1989, 120 min., R, 35mm
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Event Date Passed
11:00am lecture and refreshments, 12:15pm screening Pre-screening lecture on DO THE RIGHT THING with Frank Dobson, director of the
Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. (Ticket price includes coffee, juice and breakfast snacks.)
ABOUT DO THE RIGHT THING:
In the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, what begins as an uproarious comedy evolves into a provocative, disquieting drama as director Spike Lee chronicles trivial events that bring festering racial tensions to the surface on a sweltering day in a largely black neighborhood. Released at a time when white filmmakers such as Alan Parker and Steven Spielberg were releasing highly touted pictures about African-American history in the U.S., Spike Lee’s rousing film heralded the arrival of a new voice.
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