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Do the Right ThingOther

by Spike Lee

Who uses, recommends or left Do the Right Thing, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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A. V. Rockwell
American film director from Queens; her first feature, A Thousand and One (2023), won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and brought her a Gotham Award and an Independent Spirit Award.
loved

Do the Right Thing is such an entertaining movie, but it’s also heart-wrenching and very painful.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by A. V. Rockwell, the entry for Do the Right Thing.

2023-04-21·criterion.com ↗

Sloane Crosley
American essayist and novelist; author of the collections I Was Told There'd Be Cake (2008) and Look Alive Out There (2018), the novel Cult Classic (2022) and the memoir Grief Is for People (2024).
loved

But there’s no denying the power, the heat, and the energy—the perfection, really—of Do the Right Thing.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Sloane Crosley, the entry for Do the Right Thing.

2018-05-25·criterion.com ↗

Janicza Bravo
American director and screenwriter; her films include the Sundance-winning short Gregory Go Boom (2013), Lemon (2017) and Zola (2020).
loved

I saw Do the Right Thing on VHS. No film has struck more of a chord with me on the subject of race in America.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Janicza Bravo, the entry for Do the Right Thing.

2017-08-25·criterion.com ↗

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