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Straight Out of Brooklyn
Running Time: 91 min.
Box Office: / $2,712,000
Produced By: / American Playhouse Theatrical Films / Blacks N' Progress / Samuel Goldwyn Company
Released: May 22, 1991 (USA)

Summary:
Matty Rich's Straight out of Brooklyn is an unflinching portrait of an African-American family struggling to survive in a Brooklyn housing project. The family's oldest son (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) decides that the easiest way to get his family out of... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. (Dennis Brown) George T. Odom (Ray Brown) Ann D. Sanders (Frankie Brown) Barbara Sanon (Carolyn Brown) All Cast & Crew >> Review: As powerful as contemporary inner-city films such as Do the Right Thing and Boyz N the Hood were, the tale of hopelessness in the projects feels even more achingly real on a lower budget. Such is Straight Out of Brooklyn, the remarkable debut from te ... Continue >>

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