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"The story of the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn."
"It's the hottest day of summer on a Brooklyn street and feelings are running high. As the day progresses, light hearted fun turns into frustration and rage as racial tensions build and boil over under the sweltering heat of the sun. The disquiet is centred around the local bar, Sal's Famous Pizzeria, run for years by an Italian family. The local black population are unhappy that their neighbourhood is being run by whites and foreigners. The temperature continues to rise as tempers fray and the crisis escalates beyond control. [c.f. Cover notes]."@en
"Set on one block in the Brooklyn district of Bedford-Stuyvesant, the story follows the events which take place on one very hot summer day. Events which would normally go un-noticed but because of the fierce heat are magnified to dangerous proportions, revealing the under-bell of racism. An explosive mix of laughter, violence and mindless destruction. (1989)."
""The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise."--Container."@en
""The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise, "--Container."@en
"Traces the course of a long, hot day in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood of Brooklyn."@en
""The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise,"--Container."@en
"It's the hottest day of summer in a Brooklyn street and feelings are running high. As the day progresses racial tensions build and boil over under the sweltering heat of the sun. The disquiet is centred around the local bar, Sals Famous Pizzeria, run for years by an Italian family. The local black population are unhappy that their neighbourhood is being run by whites and foreigners. The temperature continues to rise as tempers fray and the crisis escalates beyond control."@en
"Spike Lee's fictional examination of racism was undertaken in the wake of a series racial incidents in New York, most notably the Howard Beach assault in which one black man was killed and another seriously injured by a white mob. The narrative takes place in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn on the hottest day of the year and unfolds around the web of race relations among blacks, Latinos, Italian-Americans, West Indians and Koreans that intersects in Sal's Pizzeria. Rueing the absence of black heroes on Sal's wall of notable Americans, Buggin' Out, a black nationalist, embarks on a crusade to have Sal remove Italian American luminaries and replace them with African American ones. Eventually, Buggin' Out organizes a boycott of the pizzeria that culminates in a violent confrontation between Sal and Radio Raheem, a local bully. Sal smashes Raheem's boom box and a ruckus ensues. The police are summoned to apprehend Radio and in the process, choke him to death. Mookie, Sal's deliveryman, evaluates the situation and in a moment of rage, hurls a garbage can through Sal's window. "The carnival of fury that Lee unfurl's at the film's finale combines a sixties' militancy with a nineties' vision." Throughout the film, racial strife is underlined by Public Enemy's rap "Fight the power." (Circulates)."
"On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence."@en
"Traces the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever."
"Traces the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever."@en
"The story of the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn and how easily racial tensions can be inflamed."@en
""Light-hearted fun turns into frustration and rage as racial tensions build under the sweltering heat of the summer sun. The disquiet is centred around the local bar, Sal's Famous Pizzeria, run for years by an Italian family. The local black population are unhappy that their neighbourhood is being run by whites and foreigners. The temperature continues to rise as tempers fray and the crisis escalates beyond control" (cover notes)."
""This powerful visual feast combines humor and drama with memorable characters while tracing the course of a singleday on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever.""
"This powerful visual feast combines humor and drama with memorable characters while tracing the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of residents forever."@en
"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn ... Spike Lee's powerful portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise, "--Container."@en
""This powerful portrait of urban racial tension sparked controversary everywhere it played while earning popular and critical praise. The hottest day of the year and an explosive day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn"--Container."
"Traces the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, New York."
"Widescreen. The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise."@en
"Combina el humor y el drama con especiales características mientras relata los eventos de un tórrido día de verano en un barrio bajo de Nueva York. El insoportable calor hace explotar los ánimos y desata la agresividad contenida."
"Do the right thing: Traces the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever."@en
"This powerful visual feast combines humor and drama with memorable characters while tracing the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever."
"This powerful visual feast combines humor and drama with memorable characters while tracing the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever."@en
"In de zwarte wijk Brooklyn in New York breekt een rassenrel uit nadat de blanke eigenaar van een pizzaria met een honkbalknuppel een zwarte klant te lijf is gegaan."
""La journée la plus chaude de l'année et la plus explosive de l'histoire de Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, va changer à jamais l'existence de sa communauté..."
"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. This powerful portrait of urban racial tension sparked controversy everywhere it played."@en
"Spike Lee combines humor and drama to expose the absurdity and tragedy of racism. The local black population are unhappy that their neighbourhood is being run by whites and foreigners."@en
"Follows the experiences of a variety of characters as racial tensions rise in an inner-city Brooklyn community."@en
"The film tells a tale of bigotry and racial conflict in a multi-ethnic community in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on the hottest day of the year."
"Story of the racial tensions that surround a white-owned pizzeria in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn on the hottest day of the summer."@en
"The film tells a tale of bigotry and racial conflict in a multi-ethnic community in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on the hottest day of the year."@en
"It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large Radio Raheem. He is unwilling to succumb to the over-excessive brutality of the police and the racist views of Sal and his family. The overzealous police officers don't understand the repercussions of the violence they just unleashed. The neighbors band together to protest this extreme form of pure, toxic bigotry. Mob mentality takes over and the other local non-African American store owners become threatened. Tempers flare and rage is in the air."@en
"It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large Radio Raheem. He is unwilling to succumb to the over-excessive brutality of the police and the racist views of Sal and his family. The overzealous police officers don't understand the repercussions of the violence they just unleashed. The neighbors band together to protest this extreme form of pure, toxic bigotry. Mob mentality takes over and the other local non-African American store owners become threatened. Tempers flare and rage is in the air."
"During the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, racial tensions are quickly inflamed and violence ensues."
"During the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, racial tensions are quickly inflamed and violence ensues."@en
"Nella giornata pi calda dell'anno, nel ghetto di Bedford Stuyvesant, a Brooklyn, esplode violentissimo lo scontro tra gli abitanti neri del quartiere e gli italiani proprietari della pizzeria. Ispirato a un fatto di cronaca (la tragedia di Howard Brach, nel 1986, quando un nero fu ucciso da una banda di adolescenti). (Mereghetti)."@it
"A New York, dans le quartier de Bedford-Stuyvesant, la journée s'annonce comme la plus chaude de l'année. Mister Señor Love Daddy, le disc-jockey local, diffuse sur les ondes ses morceaux favoris. Da Mayor, le vieux pochard philosophe, avale sa première lampée d'alcool et courtise sa logeuse, Mother Sister. Radio Raheem parcourt les rues et assourdit le voisinage avec son transistor à plein volume. Mookie s'apprête à livrer aux clients les pizzas de Sal, l'Italien qui, depuis vingt-cinq ans, régale de ses spécialités les habitants de ce district très ethnique, où la majorité noire entre parfois en conflit avec les Blancs et les immigrés de fraîche date, chicanos ou asiatiques. Au fil des heures, la tension monte avec la chaleur..."
"Les exploitants italiens d'une pizzeria de Brooklyn provoquent l'agressivité des Noirs du quartier."
""A Brooklyn, au croisement de deux quartiers, c'est littéralement le jour le plus chaud de l'année. Cette chaleur estivale va bientôt cristalliser les tensions raciales entre noirs et blancs. Mookie, un jeune afro-américain, travaille comme livreur de pizzas pour les italos-américains Sal et Pino. Tout au long de la journée, alors qu'il livre le voisinage, il va se retrouver au centre de l'action, croisant toute une galerie de personnages : un handicapé vendant des photos de Martin Luther King; Radio Borjo, un voyou se baladant avec sa radio sur le bras; l'animateur d'une station radio locale ou encore un vieux chef de quartier alcoolique dont l'unique conseil est "fais la chose juste". Une dispute entre Sal et Radio Borjo tourne bientôt en émeute...". --Site Allociné, consulté le 24 juillet 2014."
"Le récit controversé est centré sur une journée de canicule au cours de laquelle les tensions raciales dans un quartier défavorisé de Brooklyn atteignent leur paroxysme. (Conteneur)."
"Mo' better blues: Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined."@en
"Feature film from the USA. Drama. In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, on the hottest day of the year, racial tension rises with the temperature until violence erupts."
"Combines humor and drama with memorable characters while tracing the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever."
"Spike Lee's powerful film combines humor and drama with memorable characters while tracing the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, New York."
"Drame social relatant les évènements d'une seule journée dans un pâté de maisons du quartier Bedford-Stuyvesant à Brooklyn. L'Italien Salvadore exploite une pizzeria avec ses deux fils, dont l'un est raciste et provoque l'agressivité des Noires, majoritaires dans le quartier. Avec Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Spike Lee, John Torturro, John Savage."
"Un retrato de tensiones raciales urbanas."