(Originally published by the Daily News on June 30, 1989. This story was written by Kathleen Carroll.) “Do the Right Thing” is already stirring people up, which is just what Spike Lee had in mind.

Twenty years ago future President Obama and First Lady Michelle had their first date at a showing of “Do The Right Thing.” I was at UCLA at the time and saw Spike Lee’s third feature at a ...

In 1989, the warnings were dire that the Spike Lee film “Do the Right Thing” would provoke violence and disrupt race relations. Instead, it provoked conversation - and still is 30 years later.

“Do the Right Thing” (Spike Lee, 1989) at 11 a.m. on FX. Lee’s breakthrough 1989 comedy-drama is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a Brooklyn black neighborhood block on a hot summer day and the ...

Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing is, 25 years after its initial release, universally accepted as many things. It’s one of the greatest movies ever made. It’s home to the coolest visual ...

Rosie Perez doesn’t have an especially big part, but it’s hard to imagine a splashier debut than the one Spike Lee gives her. The credits are nothing but her dancing ...

The #UltimateSummerMovie Showdown is under way, and voters have chosen “Do the Right Thing” (1989) as their winner for Week 9, dedicated to movies first released in theaters from June 26 to ...

It has been 30 years since director Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing was released, and it remains as relevant as it was in 1989. Watching the third act unfold and eventually explode is still a ...

In 1989, the warnings were dire that the Spike Lee film “Do the Right Thing” would provoke violence and disrupt race relations. Instead, it provoked conversation - and still is 30 years later.