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Do the Right Thing (1989; Dir.: Spike Lee)
Canon Fodder Episode 13
On a temperate day on separate streets in various sections of Sacramento, Corky and Daniel’s agreement about the brilliance of Do the Right Thing smolders and builds until it explodes into canon fire.
DO THE RIGHT THING FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics List Ranking: #24
U.S. theatrical debut: June 30, 1989
IMDB synopsis: “On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone’s hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Theatrical trailer for Do the Right Thing
Love vs. Hate
Boycott Sal’s!
Destroying Sal’s
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928; Carl Theodor Dreyer)
IMDB synopsis: “In 1431, Jeanne d’Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.”
Our review of The Passion of Joan of Arc comes out on May 21!
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