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Red Hook Summer

    Drama
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Aug 10, 2012
Rated R

When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Only Chazz, the feisty girl from church, provides a diversion from the drudgery. As hot summer simmers and Sunday mornings brim with Enoch’s operatic sermons, things turn anything but dull as people’s conflicting agendas collide.

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  • Directors
  • Revenue$336,855
  • Vote Average
    5.7
  • Vote Count
    22
  • Popularity
    5
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

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    • Cast

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    Clarke Peters
    Da Good Bishop Enoch Rouse
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    Nate Parker
    Box
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    Thomas Jefferson Byrd
    Deacon Zee
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    Toni Lysaith
    Chazz Morningstar
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    Jules Brown
    Flik Royale
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    Heather Simms
    Sister Sharon Morningstar
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    Quincy Tyler Bernstine
    Hazel
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    De'Adre Aziza
    Colleen Royale
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    Kimberly Hebert Gregory
    Sister Sweet
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    Colman Domingo
    Blessing Rowe
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    Spike Lee
    Mr. Mookie
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    Isiah Whitlock Jr.
    Detective Flood
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    Al Palagonia
    Detective Haggerty
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    Limary Agosto
    Lourdes
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    Stephen McKinley Henderson
    Deacon Yancy
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    Daniel Breaker
    Cliff
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    Turron Kofi Alleyne
    Butter
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    Tracy Camilla Johns
    Mother Darling
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    James Ransone
    Kevin
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    Sumayya Ali
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Jon Batiste
    Da Organist Tk Hazelton
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    Charles Anthony Bryant
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Janinah Burnett
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Courtney D. Carey
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Jim Davis
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Director
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    Shani Foster
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Arthur French
    Mr. Curtis
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    Louanne Harris
    Donna / Kayak Instructor
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    Samantha Ivers
    Patty Simmons
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    Kalon Jackson
    Husband / Father
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    Kevin D. Johnson
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Jackson Lee
    Kayak Kid
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    Brian K. Major
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Lillie Marshall
    Miss Marshall
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    Sakura Myers
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Sincere Peters
    Blessing Rowe - 12 Yrs Old
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    Mari-Yan L. Pringle
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Gregory A. Robinson
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Moriah Scott
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Charlotte Small
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Nesean Smith
    Lil' Budda
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    Tyheim Smith
    Kayak Kid
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    Briana Swann
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member
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    Fred Tolliver Jr.
    Born Knowledge
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    Brandon Waddles
    Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member

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    Reviews

    (1)
    Dan_Tebasco
    60%
    Starts off pretty good, gets a bit muddy in the middle with only the ocassional spark but in the end picks up again, with a change of tone that was unexpected but made it a bit more interesting. Although in the end not entirely a religious film there is countless of talks of God and Jesus, in fact there are more scenes with references to one of them than there are without them. The music is great but ocassionally I felt like they could just left the background silent cause it felt like it was pretty nonstop throughout. Spike Lee does have a tendency to overuse music though in general. And some of the scenes (especially the preacher scenes) were too long for their own good. The acting overall is solid especially Clarke Peters as the bishop shines, the kids weren't that amazing though (in particular the girl who played Chazz... 'Ooooooooooooooh!'). Overall it's okay, far better than 'Da Sweet Blood of Jesus' and maybe even slightly better than 'ChiRaq' but it's still far from Spike Lee's work in his heydays we're talking about here. 5.5/10... a weak 3/5.