Red Hook Summer

Spike Lee returns to his Brooklyn stomping grounds with this controversial indie movie that follows the story of Flik Royale (Jules Brown), a precocious, middle-class boy from Atlanta who spends the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, Bishop Enoch Rouse (Treme star Clarke Peters), in the New York borough's Red Hook housing projects. Despite getting off on the wrong foot with the preachy relative and dealing with culture shock, Flik learns to appreciate his surroundings, especially when he meets the pretty Chazz Morningstar (Toni Lysaith).

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