Crooklyn is a film written and directed in 1994 by Spike Lee. The film is thought of as a semi-autobiographical film centered on a family in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood during the summer of 1973. The original story took place during the “golden “age of Brooklyn before things like guns, crack, and gangs took over the inner city streets. The Bedford sty residents come from all backgrounds. There is no dominant race or ethnicity. During the movie white, black, Hispanic, Puerto Rican , and Italian are shown to give better detail about what it was truly like to live in that neighborhood. The main characters are those of the Carmichael family. The Carmichael family consist of four boys, one daughter, a mother, and a father. Troy is the only
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The biggest myth about African American families is that the father is absent from the lives of the mother and children. That however is not true in this household. Troy’s father Woody is very much around although he is not financially satisfying to Carolyn. Another myth is that black men do not possess stable jobs, are alcoholics, and do not contribute to raising their kids. Woody is a very active father in his kids’ lives. For example, he soothes troy at night while she is having nightmares and teaches his sons how to be productive men in society. This leads me to my next myth. It is often questioned in society about who “wears the pants “in the African American household. The film Crooklyn resembles my family in many ways. My mom is the more dominant parent and my father is the less controlling one. When an issue arises in the Carmichael household, the mom usually fixed them. It is the same in my house. My mom is the go to parent for anything that goes wrong in my sister and brothers lives. While my dad is the one we come to for a simple yes. Woody is the less latent parent who is rarely upset by the actions of the kids. Carolyn is the parent who is trying to put some structure into the kids’ lives and encourage academic excellence. Towards the middle of the film Troy is sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the south for the summer. Upon her return she is made aware that her
The biggest myth about African American families is that the father is absent from the lives of the mother and children. That however is not true in this household. Troy’s father Woody is very much around although he is not financially satisfying to Carolyn. Another myth is that black men do not possess stable jobs, are alcoholics, and do not contribute to raising their kids. Woody is a very active father in his kids’ lives. For example, he soothes troy at night while she is having nightmares and teaches his sons how to be productive men in society. This leads me to my next myth. It is often questioned in society about who “wears the pants “in the African American household. The film Crooklyn resembles my family in many ways. My mom is the more dominant parent and my father is the less controlling one. When an issue arises in the Carmichael household, the mom usually fixed them. It is the same in my house. My mom is the go to parent for anything that goes wrong in my sister and brothers lives. While my dad is the one we come to for a simple yes. Woody is the less latent parent who is rarely upset by the actions of the kids. Carolyn is the parent who is trying to put some structure into the kids’ lives and encourage academic excellence. Towards the middle of the film Troy is sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the south for the summer. Upon her return she is made aware that her