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Making "Do the right thing" [motion picture]

Title
Making "Do the right thing" [motion picture] / The Chamba Organization and 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; a film by St. Clair Bourne.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, c1989.

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Additional Authors
  • Bourne, St. Clair, 1943-2007,
  • Chamba Organization.
  • Cobo, Juan,
  • Coleman, Steve.
  • Davis, Ossie,
  • Dee, Ruby,
  • Fanshel, Susan.
  • First Run/Icarus Films.
  • Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
  • Friedman, Joseph.
  • Lee, Spike.
  • Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021.
Description
1 VHS (58 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2in.
Subjects
Credits (note)
  • Produced and directed by St. Clair Bourne ; cinematography, Juan Cobo, Joseph Friedman ; editor, Susan Fanshel ; music, Steve Coleman.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-256.
Title
Making "Do the right thing" [motion picture] / The Chamba Organization and 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; a film by St. Clair Bourne.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, c1989.
Performer
Spike Lee, Melvin Van Peebles, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, et al.
Credits
Produced and directed by St. Clair Bourne ; cinematography, Juan Cobo, Joseph Friedman ; editor, Susan Fanshel ; music, Steve Coleman.
Summary
Captures the people, places, and often humorous incidents behind the making of Spike Lee's feature film "Do the right thing", during ten weeks in the summer of 1988 in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Independent filmmaker St. Clair Bourne filmed the neighborhood before the arrival and after the departure of the feature film crew, presenting an insightful look behind the camera both on and off the set in the largely Black and Hispanic neighborhood. He captures Spike Lee's working style, the actual filming of several dramatic scenes, and the negotiations involved in getting community cooperation for the production. An appearance by Melvin Van Peebles provides a special commentary on independent Black filmmaking.
Added Author
Bourne, St. Clair, 1943-2007, film producer
Bourne, St. Clair, 1943-2007, film director.
Lee, Spike.
Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021. Commentator
Fanshel, Susan.
Dee, Ruby, actor.
Davis, Ossie, actor.
Cobo, Juan, actor.
Coleman, Steve. Arranger
Friedman, Joseph.
Chamba Organization.
Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
First Run/Icarus Films.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-256.
Sc Visual MPB-198 Original of: Sc Visual VRA-256
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