A new look at the old neighborhood.
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.
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Classical in form, nostalgic, character-led and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Alfre WoodardCarolyn Carmichael
- Delroy LindoWoody Carmichael
- David Patrick KellyTony Eyes / Jim
- Zelda HarrisTroy Carmichael
- Carlton WilliamsClinton Carmichael
- Sharif RashedWendell Carmichael
- Tse-Mach WashingtonJoseph Carmichael
- Christopher KnowingsNate Carmichael
- José ZúñigaTommy La La
- Isaiah WashingtonVic Powell
Crew
- Spike LeeDirector
- Joie LeeScreenplay
- Cinqué LeeScreenplay
- Spike LeeScreenplay
- Arthur JafaDirector of Photography
- Terence BlanchardOriginal Music Composer
- Barry Alexander BrownEditor
- Spike LeeProducer
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