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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first step in reaching the women's national tennis tournament, held later this month in Minnesota, is this weekend's ITCA Region One Individual Championships, beginning tomorrow in Philadelphia...
Spike Lee's first feature film, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads and a documentary of the making of Do The Right Thing, both running at the Brattle Theater this weekend, provide a close look at the development and practice of one of America's most talented modern filmmakers. The hour-long documentary focuses on more than the technical details of filmmaking; it is concerned with the making of a provocative film in the context of its set (filmed on location in Brooklyn) and its time...
...first half-hour of Making 'Do The Right Thing' centers on the nine weeks of preparation for shooting: the refurbishing of old buildings, the construction of the pizzeria and the Korean grocery across the street (both built exclusively for the film), and interviews with local residents and cast members...
...drama that mirrors the film's content is revealed, almost by accident. An ambulance streaks down the street during an interview and our attention is directed to medics rushing into the neighboring apartments. In a later section, a woman speaks of sleeping on a doorstep all night to be first in line for the extras casting and how she constantly woke up in fear...
...seven teams participating in the tournament will be divided into two pools. On Saturday, Harvard, Brown and Yale, which form the first pool, will play one match against each of the four teams in the second pool--Boston College, the University of Hartford, UMass and Farleigh Dickinson...