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Making "Do the right thing"

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

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Additional authors
  1. Bourne, St. Clair, 1943-2007
  2. Lee, Spike.
  3. Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021.
  4. Fanshel, Susan.
  5. Dee, Ruby
  6. Davis, Ossie
  7. Cobo, Juan
  8. Coleman, Steve.
  9. Friedman, Joseph.
  10. Chamba Organization.
  11. Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
  12. First Run/Icarus Films.
Description
  1. 1 VHS (58 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2in.
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Motion pictures > United States > Production and direction
  2. African American motion picture producers and directors
  3. Do the right thing (Motion picture)
  4. Documentary films
  5. African American motion picture actors and actresses
  6. Lee, Spike
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-256.
Credits (note)
  1. Produced and directed by St. Clair Bourne ; cinematography, Juan Cobo, Joseph Friedman ; editor, Susan Fanshel ; music, Steve Coleman.
Title
  1. Making "Do the right thing" [motion picture] / The Chamba Organization and 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; a film by St. Clair Bourne.
Imprint
  1. New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, c1989.
Performer
  1. Spike Lee, Melvin Van Peebles, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, et al.
Credits
  1. Produced and directed by St. Clair Bourne ; cinematography, Juan Cobo, Joseph Friedman ; editor, Susan Fanshel ; music, Steve Coleman.
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Added author
  1. Bourne, St. Clair, 1943-2007, film producer
  2. Bourne, St. Clair, 1943-2007, film director.
  3. Lee, Spike.
  4. Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021. Commentator
  5. Fanshel, Susan.
  6. Dee, Ruby, actor.
  7. Davis, Ossie, actor.
  8. Cobo, Juan, actor.
  9. Coleman, Steve. Arranger
  10. Friedman, Joseph.
  11. Chamba Organization.
  12. Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
  13. First Run/Icarus Films.
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-256.
  2. Sc Visual MPB-198 Original of: Sc Visual VRA-256
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