Katiana H.B. Dr.Innanucci What is ever the Right Thing to Do? What is ever the right thing to do? The film Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee is a hard-hitting drama that deals with violence and racism in today’s society. Lee’s film conveys two contradictorily ideas of two powerful civil rights leaders: Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The main themes of the film are violence‚ racial intolerance‚ and police brutality. Its themes of racial intolerance
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Evokes Emotion Spike Lee‚ the director of Do the Right Thing (1989)‚ makes sure the audience understands how the heat is affecting the characters on the day the film takes place‚ and to do this he uses color. To subtly express how heated‚ physically and metaphorically‚ the characters in the film are‚ Lee uses warm colors such as red and orange. Likewise‚ he rids the presence of warm colors and uses cool colors such as blue and white in order to signal to the audience that things have cooled down
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since the pioneering work of Oscar Micheaux during the ’20s‚ none have had the same cultural or artistic impact as Spike Lee (Spike Lee‚ para.1). Spike Lee is an African-American filmmaker known for his uncompromising‚ provocative approach to controversial subject matter. He was the role of black talent in Hollywood. He is the son to Bill Lee‚ who is a jazz composer. On March 20‚ 1957‚ Lee was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia but he grew up in Brooklyn‚ NY. He was attended Morehouse College for his Bachelor’s
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I dearly love the film and maintain that it’s one of the great pictures from the last 10 years. I don’t know what the director of this movie (Spike Lee) intended the moral to be‚ but my take on the film has always been that NO ONE does the right thing‚ and this is the cautionary element of the movie. The racial message about racial injustice is very deep and one that every race should see. The climax of the movie is very powerful and deep. The heat is blazing‚ tensions are running high (especially
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Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20‚ 1957‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. He was making amateur films by age 20‚ and won a Student Academy Award for his graduate thesis film. Lee drew attention with his first feature‚ She’s Gotta Have It -- one of the most profitable films made in 1986 -- and continues to create films that explore provoking topics like race‚ politics and violence. He is also known for his documentaries and commercials. ‚ Lee was making amateur films by age 20. His first student
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Giles @02623399 Black Diaspora Shelton Jackson Lee‚ also known as "Spike Lee" was born on March 20‚ 1957 in Atlanta‚ GA. Spike Lee is one of the most famous African American filmmakers of all time. He is known for his innovative and groundbreaking films that uplift the African American community and define our culture. Lee is credited to be one of the most prolific African American artists of all time. From his extensive work in both television and film‚ Lee has given voice to race relations and issues
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I. Intro Spike Lee is one of the many directors who in my opinion always want to keep people alert. Lee is a film director‚ producer‚ writer and actor. He is with no question a very intelligent man that believes he has a responsibility to try and explain the world of black folks and other minorities in their most genuine form. When it comes to making films‚ he always fulfils his responsibility to show the behind the scenes black personnel who are underrepresented in an industry dominated by white
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Spike Lee A man with many talents should be forever remembered by people that admired him. Sheldon Jackson Lee is a producer‚ director‚ and actor that was born on March 20th‚1957 in Atlanta Georgia. He was born and raised by a well off family and began making amateur films once he turned 20 years old. The very first he made was “Last Hustle in Brooklyn” and was done when he was still at Morehouse College. He later graduated from New York University Film School in 1982. Once he made “Joe‘s Bed
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Woody Allen. The director I have chosen as an auteur is Spike Lee. Lee’s Life: Spike Lee is an American film director who has directed‚ produced‚ written and acted in Spike Lee films such as Malcolm X‚ Jungle Fever‚ Inside Man and Love & Basketball. Spike Lee was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia where he attended Morehouse College and made his first student film Last Hustle in Brooklyn‚ he then graduated from New York University in 1982. Lee grew up in a well-off‚ respective African American family
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“Do the Right Thing” Course Assignment #3: Movie Night Overview: The movie my partner and I chose was Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing.” Our reason for choosing this movie was that both of us have never seen a Spike Lee movie before‚ and I have heard a lot of good things from his movies and always wanted to watch one. I also watched the trailer and the movie seemed like it was going to be both entertaining and have a lot of racial conflict. The movie follows “Mookie” who is a young black man
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