On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant
section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds
until it explodes into violence.
Congenial study of racial tensions culminating myriad stories into one violent explosion.
Halliwell***: "Complex, witty, street-wise and passionate film about racism."
Maltin***: "Idealized, individualistic look at life in the black community of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, ...Entertaining and provocative, with a much-discussed (and troubling) finale."
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