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Mood:
- BleakRoughSuspenseful
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Plot:
- Juvenile DelinquencyComing of AgeDrug DealingGoing StraightInterracial RelationsFamily LifeSocial DecayUrban Ghetto Life more...
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Genres:
- CrimeDramaIndependent
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Time/Period:
- 90s
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Place:
- New YorkUSAUrbanUrban Ghetto
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Praise:
- Award WinnerPrestigious AwardsSundance Festival Winner
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Straight Out of Brooklyn, 1991
English
USA
Profile of Straight Out of Brooklyn
The mood of Straight Out of Brooklyn is bleak, rough, and suspenseful. The plot centers around kids in trouble, going straight, and juvenile delinquency. It is a drama, independent, and crime movie. In approach, Straight Out of Brooklyn is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in an urban environment. The setting is New York. Straight Out of Brooklyn happens in the 1990s. The movie is known for being a Sundance Festival winner.
Summary of Straight Out of Brooklyn
When Dennis (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.), the oldest son of an impoverished family living in a Brooklyn housing project, decides to earn some quick money by robbing a drug dealer, he gets caught up in much more than he bargained for. The stolen briefcase is filled with thousands of dollars in cash. Despite his concern, Dennis intends to use the money to move his family into a better neighborhood. But things take a turn for the worse when the dealer and his henchmen track Dennis down.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | January 1991 |
| Runtime: | 79 min |
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