Do The Right Thing - by: Spike Lee
I just so happen to flip through TV channels when I noticed that Spike Lee was given an MTV award. I couldn’t quite remember the name of the award, but it was their version of the Oscars’ Lifetime Achievement Award. He was given the award for his work (writing, directing and acting) on the movie, Do The Right Thing. Great movie - and I think I may have written a paper for it back in my college days (probably for my Sophomore Core - Social Responsibility class… come to think of it, that was a pretty good class too).
Spike Lee wrote this movie in 1987 and was later released in 1989. Yet 17 years later, the issues addressed in Do The Right Thing still exist among us. Not sure if these issues really still do exist? Take a look at another great movie released in 2005 - Crash. Two movies written over 10 years apart but are discussing the same issues. To quote Spike Lee in his acceptance speech - "These issues are still with us today. So how much progress have we made?".
