Salvatore "Sal" Fragione 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.

• DirectorSpike Lee
• Release14 June 1989
• GenreDrama
• Duration2h
• Budget$6,500,000
• Revenue$37,300,000
• Rate
  

  7.75
  1837 reviews
• Productions

  Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks