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CROOKLYN screens one night only at Pop's Art Theater as part of our 2nd annual "Through the Black Lens" film series, presented in partnership with Griot Arts!Tickets available now at www.popsarttheater.com
TRAILER:
"Though the title may sound menacing to outsiders, Crooklyn is actually Spike Lee’s most tender and affectionate film. The screenplay was penned by Spike, his brother Cinqué, and their sister Joie, semi-based on her childhood growing up with all brothers, their Jazz musician father (an excellent as always performance from Delroy Lindo), and their no nonsense, loving mother played in a top tier turn by the one and only Alfre Woodard.
Though this is one of Spike’s more conventional films, he still finds ways to experiment, shooting an entire sequence of scenes in widescreen without anamorphically adjusting the image. So if the South looks and feels disorienting in this film, rest assured, that was Spike’s intention. In Crooklyn, you will also find RuPaul’s feature film debut, and a cameo in the third act that is one of the only moments of inner-child fulfillment that is truly earned in all of cinema.
This film is a love letter to Bed-Stuy in the 70s, childhood summers, and most of all to the Lee’s mother, Jaquelyn."
1994 | 115 min. | PG-13 | USA
Dir. Spike Lee
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Pop's Art Theater and Griot Arts are proud to announce the second of "Through the Black Lens," an annual program centering on Black voices in film. This year's series A SPIKE LEE JOINT centers on the films of independent auteur wunderkind Spike Lee.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Pop's Art Theater, 619 6th Ave NW, Rochester, MN 55901-2672, United States,Rochester, Minnesota
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