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Red Hook Summer

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2012 · 125 min Drama
5.4 / 10 · TMDB

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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Year 2012
Country United States of America
Genre Drama
Director Spike Lee
Runtime 125 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.4/10 (25 votes)

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Spike Lee constructs the narrative on the clash between two worlds—comfortable Atlanta and gritty Brooklyn—relying on Enoch’s sermons as a powerful dramatic backbone. The film explores faith, family, and social fractures through raw dialogue and improvisational energy.

What lingers after viewing is the weight of unspoken truths and the haunting echo of a community’s struggles, framed by the relentless heat of a New York summer. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Spike Lee

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Watch on a humid afternoon, with the window open to feel the Brooklyn air.

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