Fri, Feb 4th, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
With Bob Gulledge on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. Remember your mask!
About This Movie
Directed by Spike Lee and originally released in the US on June 30th, 1989
Summary
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, 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.
Cast
Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Richard Edson, John Turturro, Ruby Dee, Bill Nunn, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Nicholas Turturro