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Crash Course: Do the Right Thing


Mainstream American films don’t often tackle race and racism head-on, and when they do, they often end up trying to find easy answers. Which makes films like Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing all the more powerful. It’s an intimate portrait of a Brooklyn neighborhood dealing with rising tensions on the hottest day of the year. It's also fun, funny, and full of life. In this episode of Crash Course Film Criticism, Michael Aranda walks us through Do The Right Thing! *** Check out all 15 films we'll be talking about below!!! Citizen Kane Aliens Where Are My Children? Selma In the Mood For Love Do the Right Thing Lost In Translation Apocalypse Now Pan's Labyrinth The Limey Three Colors: Blue The Eagle Huntress Moonlight Beasts of No Nation 2001: A Space Odyssey *** Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios The Latest from PBS Digital Studios: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... *** Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashC... Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support Crash Course on Patreon: http://patreon.com/crashcourse

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