Abstract
The LA riots gave new relevance to the political message of Spike Lee's cinema, especially in Do The Right Thing. Whereas his ghetto is romanticized for aesthetic purposes, this paper will argue that these carefully selected images of New York present a didactic vision of a Black community which is to be read against the background of New York City politics and strategies of community empowerment. It ultimately demonstrates Spike Lee's function as a mediator between Blacks and Whites.
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