Siskel chose DO THE RIGHT THING as his number one movie of 1989. On the hottest day of the year in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, pizza delivery man Mookie (Spike Lee) is working for Sal (Danny Aiello), the Italian American owner of a pizzeria in the predominantly Black community. The residents of the neighborhood—including boombox-blasting Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn), activist Buggin’ Out (Giancarlo Esposito), and Korean shopkeeper Sonny (Steve Park)—coexist tenuously until a dispute over the pizzeria’s “Wall of Fame”—which showcases famous Italian Americans but no Black celebrities—ignites a violent chain of events that ends in tragedy. Lee’s magnum opus is blistering commentary on race, police brutality, and justice and burns timelessly as one of the most significant films of the 20th century. 35mm screenings generously supported by Mimi and Scott Manzler.