Film poster for Do the Right Thing
date: label: Date
content: 1989
name: label: Distributed by
content: Universal Pictures, founded 1912
label: Designed by
content: Art Sims, American, born 1954
label: Subject of
content: Spike Lee, American, born 1957
label: Subject of
content: Danny Aiello, born 1933
notes: label: Description
content: A poster from the 1989 Spike Lee film, “Do the Right Thing” featuring color images of Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, and a young unidentified girl as seen from above. The title appears as the girl's chalk drawing in yellow text with a bright blue background as a street. To the right of the title is the text [Bed-Stuy] and at the bottom right is a childlike drawing of a figure shooting a gun and a police car. Below the title is the text “A Spike Lee Joint.” At the top of the poster is a tag line printed in yellow type: [It’s the hottest day of the summer./You can do nothing,/You can do something,/or you can…]
place: label: Place depicted
content: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Race relations
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.152.862
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1989 Universal City Studios
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 41 x 27 in. (104.1 x 68.6 cm)