Spike Lee is gearing up for the limited theatrical release of his controversial film Red Hook Summer. The film centers on a teenager Flik Royale from Atlanta who is sent to stay with his very religious grandfather in Brooklyn’s Red Hook projects. Red Hook Summer is the latest installment of Lee’s chronicles of Brooklyn that [...]
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