A discussion of three under theorized themes in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, but which get further treatment across his cinema: women's work, the role of children and childhood on the screen, and the presence of the police in an antiblack world.

A discussion of three under theorized themes in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, but which get further treatment across his cinema: women's work, the role of children and childhood on the screen, and the presence of the police in an antiblack world.

A discussion of three under theorized themes in Spike Lee's&nbsp;Do the Right Thing, but which get further treatment across his cinema: women's work, the role of children and childhood on the screen, and the presence of the police in an antiblack world.

9 - Women, Children, and the Police in Do the Right Thing

20-30 minute reflections on particular Spike Lee films, from School Daze up through Black KkKlansman - précis for a book-length study of Lee's cinema, reflections on a course I've taught a number of times at Amherst College and University of Maryland. In these podcast pieces, I pay particular attention to issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality as they emerge inside particular films and in the history-memory of African American life. How does Lee's cinema think? How does sound and image help us understand representation of Black bodies, Black people, and Black life? What are Lee's innovations, what challenges does he present us with in sound and image? And how can we see questions of masculinity, gender and racial formation, historical violence, and institutional violence evolve across his decades of filmmaking?

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9 - Women, Children, and the Police in Do the Right Thing

9 - Women, Children, and the Police in Do the Right Thing