Crooklyn
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Spike Lee
Frances Foster
Tiasha Reyes
Zelda Harris
John Pintaville
Bruce Hawkins
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A fictionalized autobiographical look at filmmaker Spike Lee's family during the 1970s, as told through the eyes of a 9-year-old girl.
Director
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Spike Lee
Cast
Frances Foster
Tiasha Reyes
Zelda Harris
John Pintaville
Bruce Hawkins
Maurie A Chandler
Winterton Garvey
Eugene Moye
Cecelia Gardner
Richard F Whiten
Paula Bing
Patriece Nelson
Francesca Vanasco
Manny Perez
Taneal Royal
Bruce Wang
Mineko Yajima
Kendell Freeman
Johnette Cook
Norman Matlock
Tracy Vilar
Desiree Murray
Monet A Jody Chandler
Emelise Aleandri
Ivelka Reyes
Omar Sharif Scroggins
Raymond Reliford
Delroy Lindo
Myra Segal
Isaiah Washington
José Z·±iga
Sylvia D'avanzo
Jean Ingraham
David Patrick Kelly
Yolande Morris
Barry Finclair
Dale Stuckenbruck
Sandra Billingslea
Sanford Allen
Michelle Rosario
Joie Lee
Derrick Peart
Zay Smith
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Spike Lee
Michele Shay
William Galison
Bruce David Barth
Ron Oakland
Peter Vandewater
Carlton Williams
Vondie Curtis Hall
Dan Grimaldi
Mildred Clinton
Charles Libov
Hector M Ricci
Sharif Rashed
Melissa Meel
Alfre Woodard
Asia Gilyard
Marisol Espada
N Jeremi Duru
Robin Koenig
Susan Jacks
Harvey Williams
Yuri Vodovoz
Christopher Wynkoop
Nadijah Abdul-khalia
Kewanna Bonaparte
Arthur French
Bokeem Woodbine
Rene Ojeda
Keith Johnson
Danielle K Thomas
Tse-mach Washington
Gary Perez
Christopher Knowings
Peewee Love
Elliot Rosoff
Ulysses Terrero
Marion Pinheiro
Larissa Blitz
Frederick Zlotkin
Carmen Tillery
Crew
Andy Aaron
Alan Aguilar
Gary Aharoni
Gina R. Alfano
Stuart Allen
Adrienne Anderson
Robert M Andres
Peter Aquino
Edward Archer
John Baldwin
Reushawn Banks
Joseph Barbera
Michael Barry
Steven Barth
Thorton Bayliss
Diallo Beckles
Anthony Bell
Thomas Bell
Sam Bender
John Landy Bentham
Russell Berg
Clay Berry
Donna Berwick
Vincent Biscaino
Virgil Blackwell
Kenyatta Blake
Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Peter Blechman
Charles Fred Bobbit
Zelma Bodzin
David Boulton
Glenn Bowen
Thomas Bowman
Julian R Boyance
Richard Brice
Richard Brick
J Broussard
Alfred Brown
Barry Alexander Brown
Erwin Brown
James Brown
James Brown
L Russell Brown
Rasheed Ali Brown
Ricky Brown
Victoria Brown
Wilfred Caban
Beverly Cable
Luis Camacho
Caryn Campbell
George Campbell
Philip C. Canfield
Shari Carpenter
Ruth Carter
Yolanda Carter
Joseph Chambers
Willie Chambers
Barbara Chenault
Larry M. Cherry
Spencer Chinoy
Maria Christina
Paulette Clark
Rodney Clark
Richard Clarke
Duvall Clear
Paul Colangelo
Lerone B Cole
Aisha Coley
Lorenzo Contessa
Mary Cook
Jeffrey Cooper
Henry Cosby
Thomas Costabile
Marko Costanzo
Lamont Crawford
Linda Creed
Greg Criscuolo
Joe Cuba
Joe Cuba
Vince Cullers
Chris Cumberbatch
James Curry
William Curtin
Paul Dale
Jean Dane
Clifton Davis
John William Davis
Lee Davis
Larry Decarmine
Katie Dennis
Carey Depalma
Stuart Deutsch
Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango
Anthony J Dimeo
Kathleen Ditmer
Lauren Doner
Joe Donohue
Deborah A Dreyer
Michael C. Easter
Rochelle Edelson
Jamal El-amin
Michael Ellis
Alvechia Ewing
John W Farraday
Robert Feltman
Michael D. Fennell
Alan Ferguson
Chris Fielder
Jim Fielder
David Flaiz
James Flatto
Tom Fleischman
Thomas Ford
Tamara Fort
Leo Fotopoulos
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Maureen Gallagher
Christine Gardyasz
Crystal Garner
Lee Garrett
William K. Gaskins
Michael Gaynor
Eugene Gearty
Yolande Geralds
James Geyer
Ted Glass
Jeffrey L Glave
Howard Goldstein
Nicholas Gordon
Berry Gordy
Ponce Granger
Wendy Grantham
Keith Gunthorpe
Sarah Gyllenstierna
Mona Haiger
Diane Hammond
Roland Hanna
William Hanna
Jennie Hansen
Lula Mae Hardaway
William Hart
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Eulaulah Hathaway
Bruce Hawes
Cynthia Hawkins
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Robert Hein
Eryka Seimona Henderson
Jimi Hendrix
Donna Hernandez
Manuel S Hernandez
Pedro Hernandez
Tracey Hinds
Eugene Hines
Preston L. Holmes
George Holtzer
Charlynne Hopson
Harold Horn
Jeff Horne
Herman Hudson
Yolanda D Hunt
Stanley G Hunte
Farnell Hurd
Nillie Imura
Luther Ingram
Robert Ippolito
Alvertis Isbell
Arthur Jafa
Arthur Jafa
Joseph Jefferson
Gary Jennings
Roberto Jimenez
Robert L Johnson
Jean Kalanzi
George Kalinsky
Frank Kern
William Keys
Khalil S Khalil
Jon Kilik
Santena Jenaris King
Renton Kirk
Gene Kirley
Steve Kirshoff
Erik Knight
Jean Knight
George Kouzoujian
Steve Krieger
Joyce Kubalak-szuflita
Tom Kudlek
Kevin Ladson
Reginald F Lake
Michael Leather
Harry Leavey
Jim Leavey
Wiiliam Leavey
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring May 13, 1994
Released in United States on Video October 19, 1994
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States March 1999
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.
Completed shooting September 17, 1993.
Began shooting June 30, 1993.
Released in USA on laserdisc October 26, 1994.
Released in United States Spring May 13, 1994
Released in United States on Video October 19, 1994
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.)
Released in United States March 1999 (Shown in Los Angeles (American Cinematheque) as part of program "Out in the Streets: The Films of Spike Lee" March 15-20, 1999.)