Spike Lee's racial and political filmmaking bent is given the full treatment with this simmering exposé of racial tensions in a New York City neighbourhood one scorching summer day. The film, written by Lee (and nominated for an Oscar), follows a group of racially diverse inhabitants from Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood as they spend their day trying to avoid the oppressive heat. Lee not only writes and directs, but also leads an impressive ensemble cast with his central performance as Mookie, the only black employee at Sal's Famous Pizza, where subtle racism leads the tensions of the day, and of America history, to come to a violent head.
- Tuesday July 24, 2012 at 9:00PM
This screening is part of the larger thematic series:
- Cult Cinema 2011/12
- Cult Cinema: A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- Cult Cinema: Manhattan (1979)
- Cult Cinema: Wild at Heart (1990)
- Cult Cinema: Die Hard 2 (1990)
- Cult Cinema: The Killing (1956)
- Cult Cinema: Brazil (1985)
- Cult Cinema: Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Cult Cinema: Harold and Maude (1971)
- Cult Cinema: Mulholland Dr. (2001)
- Cult Cinema: Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
- Cult Cinema: Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Cult Cinema: Nashville (1975)
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