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UNITED STATES · 1994

Crooklyn

Spike Lee
New Black Cinema family dynamics 1970s Brooklyn jazz culture coming of age marriage and parenthood
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Synopsis

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.

Year1994
CountryUnited States
DirectorSpike Lee
MovementNew Black Cinema
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