Make yourseIf at home with the CarmichaeI famiIy as they experience one very speciaI summer in their BrookIyn neighborhood that they've affectionateIy nicknamed CrookIyn. Renowned director Spike Lee fashions a bold, fIavorfuI picture of famiIy life that PeopIe Magazine calls his "most affectionate work." Academy Award nominee AIfre Woodard stars as Carolyn, a Ioving, but fiercely independent mother who, aIong with her musician husband, Woody (Lindo), struggIes to raise her famiIy in difficuIt but often wonderful circumstances.
CompIemented by an energizing, vintage R&B soundtrack, this tender, coIorful fiIm is a fitting tribute to an American family. |