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Straight Out of Brooklyn

A look at a working-class black family's dead-end existence in the stricken housing projects of Red Hook in Brooklyn, New York, and a teenager's foolish scheme to get his family out of poverty...by robbing a local drug dealer.

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Cast & Crew See All

George T. Odom
Ray Brown
Ann D. Sanders
Frankie Brown
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Dennis Brown

Awards

  • 1991 - Special Jury Recognition - - winner
  • 1991 - Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic - nominated
  • 1991 - Jury Special Prize - Feature Film - winner
  • 1992 - Nova Award - Most Promising Producer in Theatrical Motion Pictures - winner

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