Do The Right Thing (1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWzuPsUMPGE
Spike Lee’s NYC cult classic Do the Right Thing is set during a pre-gentrification Bed-Stuy. A radio host declares that the daily forecast is “hot!” and tells listeners that the temperature is going to peak at over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. People sweat it out on the streets, some splash in streams from fire hydrants, while others cool off with ice cubes. The heat seems to fuel class and racial tensions in the community. When police kill a young black man, the neighborhood erupts.
