1.7.17
Intro to Film Studies
Crooklyn
Although I had to watch this film twice in order to get the whole plot and message of this film, I eventually caught on. Crooklyn was released in 1994, by Spike Lee this film was based on an African American family that didn't have much but each other. The main actress Zelda Harris played the role of the younger sister named Troy. Troy was the heart of the family she kept track of her older brothers, and took on responsibilities that her mother would normally do. She wasn't told to take on these responsibilities at first but she learned anyways. Growing up in their household wasn't easy at all, both parents would argue a lot, and their mother seemed to complain about everything because without her things wouldn't get done around the house, so she wanted the kids to take on and learn chores, so that it can make things easier on her. Surprisingly being the youngest sibling, Troy had a lot on her plate when it came to her family and home, but it all happened for a reason that her and her siblings didn't see coming. Like we all know, in these times the mother takes care of the house, but what they didn't know was their mother was coming close to her death bed. She became very ill, and ended up in the hospital around this time that she was sent to the hospital Troy was sent away to stay with her aunt and cousin for the summer. Being away helped Troy better herself as a person because she had others to fall back on, and didn't have everything put on her with her families situation. Once she came back her mom quickly passed, and it all came to sense that she was basically in training to take her mothers place once she was gone, yes she had he father but she would be the mother to nurture her three brothers the way her mother did. This film took on a strong, lead of a female role.
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