Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)
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Directors
Matty Rich
The story
Dennis, living in a Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn, New York has had enough of poverty, and witnessing his alcoholic father beat his mother. His father is depressed and troubled from working hard for "the white man" for so many years, yet having nothing to show for it. Dennis and two friends come up with a plan to rob a local drug dealer and split the money.
Genres
crime film, drama film, hood film
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