JuneteenthKC presents its inaugural film festival curated by Fox 4 News film critic Shawn Edwards.
“Film is an important part of the black experience and has been since the beginning of the motion picture industry in the early 1900s,” says Edwards “As we celebrate one of the most important days in Africa American culture I felt it was important that we include groundbreaking cinema.”
JuneteenthKC Film Festival Featurd Film # 3
Do the Right Thing
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Admission: $13.00