EVENTS UNFOLD OVER… A long day and night
WHAT HAPPENS DURING THIS TIME: Long-simmering tensions in a predominately black neighborhood in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, come to a boil on a sweltering summer day.
(APPROXIMATE) TIME THAT PASSES: The movie opens with a DJ exhorting listeners to get up and ends, the next day, with Mookie and Sal arguing over money: 24 HOURS
SEMI-RELEVANT FACTOID: The building that houses Sal’s Famous Italian Pizza was constructed on a vacant lot and was filmed actually burning to the ground during the movie’s climax.
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