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What is the right thing to do?
Black, yellow, and white; love and hate; good and evil. All the colors and elements of human society make up the stark scenario of Spike Lee's new film, Do the Right Thing.
In very explicit language, the film depicts raw racial tensions over a twenty-four-hour period on the hottest day of summer in a ghetto in New York. Tragedy occurs with the killing of a young black man by the police and the riot that explodes after it. In the end, everyone is hurt by the violence.
Mr. Lee says of his film: "It's not a preaching film. The title is ambiguous. Everyone in the film is acting according to their version of the right thing. But I do feel that what the cops do is not the right thing. I don't know what it will take to improve race relations. I think anyone expecting Spike Lee to give answers to that is going to be disappointed.... Hopefully, it will provoke thought and discussion. Hopefully, we can move in the direction of ending all this madness." Quoted in The Boston Globe, June 25, 1989 .
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September 25, 1989 issue
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Superstition
Elise L. Moore
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FROM HAND TO HAND
L. E.
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Exposing ignorance
Jack L. Cooke
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On course
Eleanor Y. Clapp
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SECOND THOUGHT
R. D. DeBlois Wright
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Look until you can see
William A. Buell
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The forces which tried to interpose themselves...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I know God's here. So how can I feel His presence?
Candace Rosovsky
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Push, push, push, or stop, listen, and yield?
Sam L. Hornbeak
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"Lovest thou me?"
Celia Barton
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FROM THE DIRECTORS
The Christian Science Board Of Directors
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Church—where love embraces all
William E. Moody
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What is the right thing to do?
Ann Kenrick
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I was a small child when I first heard the words Christian Science....
Elizabeth Seaton with contributions from James P. Seaton
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I was first attracted to Christian Science through a healing my...
Robert B. Danielson with contributions from Josephine O. Danielson
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Being a student of Christian Science has brought great blessings...
Diana Craun with contributions from Jim B. Craun
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It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing...
Elsbeth Rauthenstrauch