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.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times “A great movie… one of the most urgent and emotionally complex films ever made about race in America.”
Vincent Canby, The New York Times “A blistering, funny, and finally shattering portrait of racial tension that builds inexorably toward tragedy.”

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone “A landmark American film—angry, funny, explosive, and fearless.”
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader “A vital, passionate work that refuses easy answers while capturing the lived texture of a community on edge.”