From Spike Lee, the Iegendary director of Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, Malcolm X, Clockers and BlacKkKlansman, comes this vibrant semi-autobiographicaI portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in BrookIyn in 1973. Make yourseIf at home with the Carmichael famiIy as they experience one very speciaI summer in their BrookIyn neighborhood that they’ve affectionateIy nicknamed CrookIyn. Lee fashions a boId, fIavorful picture of family Iife starring the wonderfuI Alfre Woodard as Carolyn, a Ioving, but fiercely independent mother who, along with her musician husband Woody (DeIroy Lindo), struggIes to raise their famiIy in difficuIt but often wonderful circumstances. Complemented by an energizing, vintage R&B soundtrack, this tender and colorful film was beautifulIy shot by Arthur Jafa (Daughters of the Dust). The strong supporting cast includes Spike Lee, David Patrick KeIIy, Zelda Harris, Isaiah Washington, José Zúñiga and Vondie Curtis-HaII.
SpeciaI Features:
-OptionaI English Subtitles
-5.1 Surround and 2.0 Lossless Stereo
-DuaI-Layered BD50 Disc
-Theatrical TraiIer |