Racial tensions erupt in a Brooklyn neighbourhood on the hottest day of the summer. The simmering conflicts centre on the Italian-owned local pizza parlour, as a minor dispute gradually escalates into full-blown violence. Drama, directed by and starring Spike Lee. With Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Ossie Davis, Rosie Perez and Samuel L Jackson.

Sal 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.