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Make yourself at home with the Carmichael family as they experience one very special summer in their Brooklyn neighborhood that they’ve affectionately nicknamed ‘Crooklyn’. Alfre Woodard stars as a loving, but fiercely independent mother who along with her musician husband Woody (Delroy Lindo) struggles to raise her family in difficult but often wonderful circumstances. Cast also includes David Patrick Kelly, Jose Zuniga, Isaiah Washington, Ivelka Reyes, Spike Lee, N. Jeremi Duru and Zelda Harris.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
318841
Language
English
Audience classification
M (15+)
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → African Americans in motion pictures
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Family - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → African Americans in motion pictures
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)