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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- In 1989, the warnings were dire. The Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing," critics and columnists said, would provoke violence and disrupt race relations.

Spike Lee: "I wanted to do a film that would try to show what was happening at the time."

"This movie is dynamite under every seat," wrote Newsweek's Jack Kroll.

Other commentators believed the film would harm the candidacy of David Dinkins, an African-American who was running for mayor of New York. It might even spark riots at movie theaters, they thought.

Instead, what the film provoked was ... talk. There were no riots. Dinkins was elected. "Do the Right Thing" had a successful run at the box office -- if not as successful as Lee and his supporters hoped -- and was nominated for two Academy Awards.

Twenty years later, the film still maintains a hold on the imagination. In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked it as one of the 100 best American films. Roger Ebert, who has written he cried when he first saw the film at the Cannes Film Festival, still considers the film a wonder: "Spike Lee had done an almost impossible thing. He'd made a movie about race in America that empathized with all the participants," he wrote in 2001.

So what is the thing about "Do the Right Thing?" Watch Spike Lee describe things in his own words "

Part of its staying power is in its boldness, both in look and action. Lee's first two films, "She's Gotta Have It" (1986) and "School Daze" (1988), had marked him as a rising young filmmaker. But it was "Do the Right Thing," made when Lee was just 32, that showcased his confidence, from the deliberately striking color scheme (bright reds and oranges that make a hot day seem even hotter) to its heightened -- sometimes stagy -- atmosphere, to its grim, documentary-style riot climax.
1. What film maker was controversial?
2. What was the name of the controversial film?
3. What year was it released?
4. How old was Lee?
5. What were his first two films?
6. When was She's Gotta Have It released?
7. What about School Daze?
8. Did Do the Right Thing win any awards?
9. Was it nominated?
10. Who was running for mayor of NYC at the time of its release?

Numbered answers:
1. The Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing," critics and columnists said, would provoke violence and disrupt race relations.
2. film "Do the Right Thing,
3. In 1989, the warnings were dire. The Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing," 1989
4. But it was "Do the Right Thing," made when Lee was just 32 32
5. ee's first two films, "She's Gotta Have It" (1986) and "School Daze" (1988) She's Gotta Have it and School Daze
6. "She's Gotta Have It" (1986) 1986
7. "School Daze" (1988) 1988
8. Do the Right Thing" had a successful run at the box office -- if not as successful as Lee and his supporters hoped -- and was nominated for two Academy Awards. No
9. "Do the Right Thing" had a successful run at the box office -- if not as successful as Lee and his supporters hoped -- and was nominated for two Academy Awards. Yes
10. David Dinkins, an African-American who was running for mayor of New York. David Dinkins

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Christopher Columbus ( ; 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Born in the Republic of Genoa, under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages and his efforts to establish settlements on the island of Hispaniola initiated the permanent European colonization of the New World.

At a time when European kingdoms were beginning to establish new trade routes and colonies, motivated by imperialism and economic competition, Columbus proposed to reach the East Indies (South and Southeast Asia) by sailing westward. This eventually received the support of the Spanish Crown, which saw a chance to enter the spice trade with Asia through this new route. During his first voyage in 1492, he reached the New World instead of arriving in Japan as he had intended, landing on an island in the Bahamas archipelago that he named San Salvador. Over the course of three more voyages, he visited the Greater and Lesser Antilles, as well as the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and Central America, claiming all of it for the Crown of Castile.

Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas, having been preceded by the Viking expedition led by Leif Erikson in the 11th century, but his voyages led to the first lasting European contact with the Americas, inaugurating a period of exploration, conquest, and colonization that lasted several centuries. These voyages thus had an enormous effect on the historical development of the modern Western world. He spearheaded the transatlantic slave trade and has been accused by several historians of initiating the genocide of the Hispaniola natives. Columbus himself saw his accomplishments primarily in the light of spreading the Christian religion.
1. Who led the Vikings?
2. When?
3. Who suggested to go to the East Indies?
4. When did he set off?
5. Where did he land?
6. Where did he want to land?
7. Where was he from?
8. What three things was he known for?
9. What is Columbus accused of by historians?
10. What was motivation for Spain to start these voyages?
11. How many voyages did he take in total?
12. In what ocean?
13. What trade did he help get more popular?

Numbered answers:
1. Leif Erikson
2. 11th century
3. Columbus
4. 1492
5. an island
6. Japan
7. Republic of Genoa
8. explorer, navigator, and colonizer.
9. initiating the genocide of the Hispaniola natives
10. establish new trade routes and colonies
11. Four
12. Atlantic Ocean
13. transatlantic slave trade

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Sudha Chandran, a famous dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also cut off on her career road. Though the accident brought her bright career to a stop, she didn't give up. In the painful months that followed, Sudha met a doctor who developed a man-made leg for her. So strongly, she wanted to go back to dancing. Sudha believed in herself and she thought she could realize her dream. After every public recital , she would ask her dad about her performance. "You still have a long way to go" was the answer she used to get in return. In January 1984, Sudha made a historic comeback by giving a public recital in Bombay. She performed in such a great manner that it moved everyone to tears. That evening when she asked her dad the usual question, he didn't say anything. He just touched her feet as a praise. Sudha's comeback was so moving that a film producer decided to make the story into a hit film. When someone asked Sudha how she had managed to dance again, she said quite simply, "YOU DON'T NEED FEET TO DANCE." Nothing is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything.
1. What kind of activity does Sudha do?
2. What stopped her career?
3. Did she get hurt?
4. Who did she meet next?
5. What did he build for her?
6. What year did she start performing again?
7. Where was it?
8. Did they shoot a movie about it?
9. Why was it movie worthy?
10. Who watches her perform?
11. Did he talk much?
12. Does Sudah say she requires legs to perform?
13. What do you need?
14. Does her father think she has to work hard?
15. Were her performances private?
16. How did the people react?
17. Who chose to turn it into a movie?
Numbered answers:
1. dancing
2. a car accident
3. yes
4. Sudha met a doctor
5. a man-made leg
6. 1984
7. Bombay
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Her dad
11. No
12. No
13. The will to win
14. Yes
15. No
16. They were moved to tears
17. a film producer