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Release Date: 1994

Cast: Norman Matlock, RuPaul, Spike Lee, Sharif Rashed, Frankie Foster, Isaiah Washington, David Patrick Kelly, Ivelka Reyes, Tse-Mach Washington, Zelda Harris, Delroy Lindo, Chris Knowings ...MORE

Cast: Norman Matlock, RuPaul, Spike Lee, Sharif Rashed, Frankie Foster, Isaiah Washington, David Patrick Kelly, Ivelka Reyes, Tse-Mach Washington, Zelda Harris, Delroy Lindo, Chris Knowings, Carlton Williams, Jose Zuniga, Alfre Woodard ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Ensemble Film, Indie, Americana, Comedy-drama, Childhood Drama, Comedy, Period piece, Coming of age, Biographical film

Crooklyn is a 1994 semi-autobiographical film co-written and directed by Spike Lee. The film takes place in Brooklyn, New York and the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant during the summer of 1973. Its primary focus is a young girl, Troy (played by Zelda Harris), and her family. Throughout the film, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, her loving but strict mother (Alfre Woodard), and her naive, struggling father (Delroy Lindo). A distinctive characteristic of Crooklyn is its soundtrack, composed completely of music from the 1970s, except the hit single "Crooklyn" by... MORE

Crooklyn is a 1994 semi-autobiographical film co-written and directed by Spike Lee. The film takes place in Brooklyn, New York and the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant during the summer of 1973. Its primary focus is a young girl, Troy (played by Zelda Harris), and her family. Throughout the film, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, her loving but strict mother (Alfre Woodard), and her naive, struggling father (Delroy Lindo). A distinctive characteristic of Crooklyn is its soundtrack, composed completely of music from the 1970s, except the hit single "Crooklyn" by the Crooklyn Dodgers, a rap crew composed of Buckshot, Masta Ace and Special Ed. A two-volume release of the soundtrack became available on CD along with the release of the film. Similarly to School Daze, Do the Right Thing and She's Gotta Have It, Spike Lee appears in Crooklyn. He plays a bully and drug addict named Snuffy. Crooklyn is one of only two films directed by Spike Lee to earn a PG-13 rating in the USA, the other being 1992's Malcolm X. The movie opens with scenes of a racially mixed neighborhood and their various activities, like hand rhymes, double-dutch, tag, street races, and even the LESS