As many film scholars have noted, the Hollywood film indus-try's construction of race has been problematic, reflecting the racial divisions of the wider culture. While whites have been considered as representing the "norm," people of color have been rendered invisible, stereotyped, and denigrated in every decade and in every genre. A major shift occurred in the 1980s, when an unprecedented number of studio-backed films written and directed by African-American filmmakers were released. This movement was led by Spike Lee, whose arthouse success, She's Gotta Have It, opened doors previously closed to black filmmakers. Able to control the images presented, Lee and the African-American directors who followed brought to the screen issues and concerns so often ignored by Hollywood. One such film, Do the Right Thing, written and directed by Lee and released in 1989, is a postmodern masterpiece and a controversial film about...