Crooklyn is a 1994 film co-written and directed by Spike Lee. It takes place in Brooklyn, New York and in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant during the summer of 1973. The main character of the film is a young girl, Troy, portrayed by Zelda Harris, it focuses on her and her family. She is one of five children, the only daughter of Woody and Carolyn Carmichael.
In the film there are many colorful characters that are their neighbors and family members. These characters are especially conflictual, in the film they are used as plot devices to bring about many conflicts, to display the tension throughout the film between these different families and individuals.
As such they especially have conflict with their downstairs neighbor who is always singing loudly and has way too many dogs which makes it reek with foul odor. The children especially love to make his life miserable by throwing garbage in his yard area and throwing rocks at his dogs. However, the neighbor participates in this feud with the children going as far as to verbally spar with them and Carolyn before getting knocked out by Vic
This is just one of the many examples in the film of conflict that is repeated again in a later scene, although with a silver lining, the father offers to help the neighbor clean up his house.
In film Troy has to learn to adapt to the changes in life such as her father leaving and returning, living with her Aunt and Uncle for the summer, returning home to a sick mother, losing her mother and then filling her role within the household.
In simplest terms, this film is about the change of in young girl's life over a short period of time. The change in her demeanor and her family and her outlook.
I found this film to be especially moving when she lost her mother and overcame that loss, becoming stronger for herself and her family.
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