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Crooklyn (1994)
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, Zelda Harris
Runtime114 min
RatingPG-13
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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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Crooklyn, Spike Lee's semi-autobiographical drama from 1994, received critical acclaim for its vivid depiction of 1970s Brooklyn and the challenges faced by a school-teacher, her jazz-musician husband, and their five children. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and has a strong audience reception, holding a 7.1/10 rating on IMDb and a 78% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Spike Lee's 1994 film Crooklyn offers a vibrant, semi-autobiographical portrait of a Brooklyn family in the 1970s, featuring standout performances from Alfre Woodard and Delroy Lindo that perfectly capture the film's blend of comedy and drama.
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Crooklyn is a 1994 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Spike Lee, who wrote it with his siblings Joie and Cinqué. Taking place in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, during the summer of 1973, the film primarily centers on a young girl named Troy Carmichael, and her family. Troy learns life lessons through her rowdy brothers Clinton, Wendell, Nate, and Joseph; her loving but strict mother Carolyn, and her naive, struggling father Woody.
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