Anatomy of a Scene: How ‘Do the Right Thing’ Has Remained Relevant

'2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s game-changing drama Do the Right Thing, about the rise of racial tensions during one very hot day on a block in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. For the Anatomy of a Scene series, we asked Lee to pick a sequence and discuss it. He chose the one leading to the killing of Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn) by police officers, and during an interview at his Brooklyn production offices, he gave an impassioned explanation for it.' -- The New York Times