Do The Right Thing Reading Yesterday, protests erupted across the country as part of #BlackoutBlackFriday, a nationwide retail boycott and day of action surrounding human rights. In New York, "Fruitvale Station" director and Blackout for Human Rights founder Ryan Coogler, along with "Newlyweeds" director Shaka King, held a screenplay reading of Spike Lee’s 1988 second draft of "Do The Right Thing."

Led by a 25-person cast that included "Fruitvale" stars Michael B. Jordan and Melonie Diaz, John Turturro, Frankie Faison, Yolonda Ross and others, the event was held free and open to the public at Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater in New York.

For those that missed it or weren’t in New York, Eugene Hernendez of Lincoln Center logged several photos from the event. See them below, and find Eugene’s writeup on the night HERE.

Ryan Coogler & Shaka King now. Prep b4 tonite’s #DoTheRightThing reading for #BlackoutBlackFriday @UnitedBlackout pic.twitter.com/ciP6WDGwe0

— eugene hernandez (@eug) November 28, 2014

Ryan Coogler & @michaelb4jordan now. #DoTheRightThing #BlackoutBlackFriday pic.twitter.com/MUjXODsQba

— eugene hernandez (@eug) November 28, 2014

John Turturro w/ Shaka King & Ryan Coogler backstage now for #DoTheRightThing on #BlackoutBlackFriday pic.twitter.com/kfMRJjUMI3

— eugene hernandez (@eug) November 28, 2014

Coogler’s been talking w/ Spike all week. Here he’s shooting video of crowd to share w/ him. #BlackoutBlackFriday pic.twitter.com/4vS2wffzz7

— eugene hernandez (@eug) November 28, 2014

25 actors reading #DoTheRightThing on #BlackoutBlackFriday. Pix from Ferguson on screen. Moment of silence at start. pic.twitter.com/LXE1tetLGb

— eugene hernandez (@eug) November 29, 2014

The #DoTheRightThing script being read for #BlackoutBlackFriday is dated 03/01/88. Has different ending than movie. pic.twitter.com/QBqusA1L9C

— eugene hernandez (@eug) November 29, 2014

John Turturro

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