Crooklyn

Crooklyn

1994 · 114 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.8 (168 votes)
Dir. Spike Lee · Starring Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, Zelda Harris, Carlton Williams, Sharif Rashed · Music Terence Blanchard

“A new look at the old neighborhood.”

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From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

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A warm, funny, and deeply human look at growing up in a vibrant Brooklyn neighborhood. It captures the everyday magic and struggles of a Black family with authenticity and soul.

nostalgicheartwarmingcomedicpoignantvibrantsteadyslice-of-lifeurban realismjazz-infused70s aestheticfamilychildhoodworking-class lifeartistic struggle
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1970sjazz singer or musiciandysfunctional familyteacherurbanparenthoodbrooklyn, new york citysemi autobiographicalstreet kideuphoric
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