PRODUCTION CONTEXT

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  • Do The Right Thing was financed by a mix of private financying, investment from independent production companies and Lee's personal funding.
  • Disrubuted by Universal Pictures
  • The films release sparked discussions and debates about its portrayal of race relations and the potentional of it inciting violence: more specifically race riots.
  • The critical reception was mixed, both praise for its artistic merirt and critical of its confrontational themes.
  • Low Budget production - relied on a mix of private funding, investment from independant production companies and lee's personal funds.
  • released - 1989