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Red Hook Summer is a 2012 American film co-written and directed by Spike Lee. It is Lee's sixth film in his "Chronicles of Brooklyn" series following She's Gotta Have It, Do the Right Thing, Crooklyn, Clockers, and He Got Game.
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May 17, 2013 · Red Hook Summer: Directed by Spike Lee. With Limary Agosto, Sumayya Ali, Turron Kofi Alleyne, De'Adre Aziza. A middle-class boy from Atlanta finds his worldview changed as he spends the summer with his deeply religious grandfather in the housing projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn.
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Aug 22, 2012 · Spike Lee's "Red Hook Summer" is a coming-of-age drama set in a poor African-American neighborhood in Brooklyn, where a pastor's grandson comes to live with him for the summer. The film explores the challenges and opportunities of the neighborhood, but also has a shocking plot twist halfway through that surprises the audience. Read the review by Roger Ebert, who praises the performances and the message, but criticizes the screenplay and the editing.
Directed by Spike Lee. Drama. R. 2h 1m. By Stephen Holden. Aug. 9, 2012. Spike Lee’s messy, meandering, bluntly polemical “Red Hook Summer” has one crucial ingredient: a raw vitality. This...
A teenage boy spends a summer in Brooklyn with his grandfather, a Baptist preacher, and faces a shocking plot twist. Critics and audiences give mixed reviews to this 2012 film, praising its energy and style, but criticizing its story and pacing.
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R 08/10/2012 (US) Drama 2h 5m. User. Score. Play Trailer. Overview. When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars.