Spike Lee slams critics who claimed ‘Do the Right Thing’ would spark riots when it was released

Spike Lee has blasted critics who claimed ‘Do the Right Thing’ would spark riots. The 66-year-old director said his film was accused of being powerful enough to incite violence among black people when it opened in 1989, and he has now hit out at the allegation while honouring one of the reviewers who came to the film’s defence at the time. Spike said as he received the Ebert Director Award – named after the late film critic Roger Ebert – at the Toronto International Film Festival Tribute Awards on Sunday (10.09.23): “Your husband got behind me when those motherf****** in the Press were saying …

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