Make yourseIf at home with the CarmichaeI family as they experience one very speciaI summer in their Brooklyn neighborhood that they've affectionately nicknamed Crooklyn. Renowned director Spike Lee fashions a boId, flavorful picture of family Iife that People Magazine caIls his "most affectionate work." Academy Award nominee Alfre Woodard stars as CaroIyn, a loving, but fiercely independent mother who, along with her musician husband, Woody (Lindo), struggIes to raise her family in difficult but often wonderful circumstances.
Complemented by an energizing, vintage R&B soundtrack, this tender, colorfuI film is a fitting tribute to an American famiIy. |