Crooklyn

Resource Information

The work Crooklyn represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Crooklyn

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures presents a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production in association with Child Hoods Productions ; story by Joie Susannah Lee ; screenplay by Joie Susannah Lee, Cinqué Lee and Spike Lee ; produced and directed by Spike Lee

Contributor

• Universal Studios Home Video (Firm),
• Lee, Spike,
• Lee, Spike,
• Universal Pictures (Firm),
• Lindo, Delroy, 1952-
• Lindo, Delroy, 1952-
• Universal Pictures (Firm),
• Matlock, Norman,
• Matlock, Norman,
• Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks,
• Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks,
• Nelson, Patriece,
• Nelson, Patriece,
• Child Hoods Productions,
• Child Hoods Productions,
• Rashed, Sharif,
• Rashed, Sharif,
• Reyes, Ivelka,
• Reyes, Ivelka,
• Washington, Isaiah,
• Washington, Isaiah,
• Washington, Tse-Mach,
• Washington, Tse-Mach,
• Williams, Carlton, 1979-2003,
• Williams, Carlton, 1979-2003,
• Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
• Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
• Zúñiga, José,
• Harris, Zelda,
• Zúñiga, José,
• Harris, Zelda,
• Foster, Frances, 1924-
• Jafa, Arthur,
• Foster, Frances, 1924-
• Jafa, Arthur,
• Duru, N. Jeremi,
• Duru, N. Jeremi,
• Kelly, David Patrick,
• Kelly, David Patrick,
• Curtis-Hall, Vondie,
• Knowings, Chris,
• Curtis-Hall, Vondie,
• Knowings, Chris,
• Brown, Barry Alexander,
• Lee, Cinqué,
• Lee, Cinqué,
• Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
• Brown, Barry Alexander,
• Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
• Blanchard, Terence,
• Blanchard, Terence,
• Universal Studios Home Video (Firm),

Actor

• Reyes, Ivelka,
• Rashed, Sharif,
• Rashed, Sharif,
• Nelson, Patriece,
• Nelson, Patriece,
• Washington, Isaiah,
• Reyes, Ivelka,
• Harris, Zelda,
• Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
• Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
• Zúñiga, José,
• Zúñiga, José,
• Williams, Carlton, 1979-2003,
• Williams, Carlton, 1979-2003,
• Washington, Tse-Mach,
• Washington, Tse-Mach,
• Washington, Isaiah,
• Matlock, Norman,
• Matlock, Norman,
• Lindo, Delroy, 1952-
• Lindo, Delroy, 1952-
• Lee, Spike,
• Lee, Spike,
• Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
• Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
• Knowings, Chris,
• Knowings, Chris,
• Curtis-Hall, Vondie,
• Kelly, David Patrick,
• Curtis-Hall, Vondie,
• Kelly, David Patrick,
• Duru, N. Jeremi,
• Duru, N. Jeremi,
• Harris, Zelda,
• Foster, Frances, 1924-
• Foster, Frances, 1924-

Director of photography

• Jafa, Arthur,
• Jafa, Arthur,

Editor of moving image work

• Brown, Barry Alexander,
• Brown, Barry Alexander,

Film director

• Lee, Spike,
• Lee, Spike,

Film producer

• Lee, Spike,
• Lee, Spike,

Presenter

• Universal Pictures (Firm),
• Universal Pictures (Firm),

Production company

• Child Hoods Productions,
• Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks,
• Child Hoods Productions,
• Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks,

Publisher

• Universal Studios Home Video (Firm),
• Universal Studios Home Video (Firm),

Screenwriter

• Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
• Lee, Spike,
• Lee, Cinqué,
• Lee, Cinqué,
• Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
• Lee, Spike,

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• African Americans
• African Americans -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• African Americans -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• DVD-Video discs
• Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
• Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
• Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
• Drama
• Drama
• Drama
• Families
• Families -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Families -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Musicians
• Musicians -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Musicians -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• New York (State) -- New York
• New York (State) -- New York | Brooklyn
• Teachers
• Teachers -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Teachers -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Video recordings
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Video recordings
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Drama
• Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
• DVD-Video discs
• Comedy films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Director Spike Lee fashions a bold, flavorful picture of family life in a crowded but cozy Brooklyn neighborhood nicknamed "Crooklyn" by the Carmichaels, who experience one very special summer in their hometown under difficult but often wonderful circumstances

Member of

• Crooklyn (Motion picture)
• Crooklyn (Motion picture)
• Crooklyn (Motion picture)
• Crooklyn (Motion picture)

Cataloging source

FTL

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photography, Arthur Jafa ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; original music, Terence Blanchard ; co-producer, Monty Ross

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Language note

In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in Spanish; optional English captions for the hearing impaired

PerformerNote

Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, José Zuniga, Isaiah Washington, Ivelka Reyes, Spike Lee, N. Jeremi Duru, Frances Foster, Norman Matlock, Patriece Nelson, Joie Susannah Lee, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tse-Mach Washington, Carlton Williams, Christopher Knowings, Sharif Rashed, Zelda Harris

Runtime

114

Technique

live action