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Straight Out of Brooklyn

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Original title

Year

1991

Running time

91 min.

Country

United States

Director

Matty Rich

Screenwriter

Matty Rich

Cast

Music

Harold Wheeler

Cinematography

John Rosnell

Producer

American Playhouse, Blacks in Progress

Genre

Drama | Crime. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

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 the projects is by robbing a local drug dealer, but that plan turns disastrous when the pusher and his gang track the boy and his family down.

Awards: 1991: Independent Spirit Awards: Best First Feature. 2 Nominations

1991: Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Recognition

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Straight Out of Brooklyn

1991

Matty Rich