Right Thing" constitute a response to "Birth of a Nation," without belaboring the obvious?

Presumably by belaboring the obvious, one means that the landmark of silent cinema, D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" is a racist piece of cinema, while "Do the Right Thing" is constructed by the imagination of, Spike Lee an African-American filmmaker. True, it is not difficult to imagine a young Spike Lee as a film student, perhaps seeing such a film and being horrified by Griffith's black-faced, rapacious actors. These actors are shown chasing white women, acting in buffoonish ways, and ultimately being defeated by the false heroism of Griffith's white-shrouded clansman. Yet both the film "Do the Right Thing" as well as "Birth of a Nation" share a deeper concern, despite their ideological polarization in terms of race. Both films are epics of moral as well as cinematic and plot-propelled authority. Both films make moral...
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