Carolyn (Alfre Woodard) also often reminded me of my no-nonsense mother. Rewatching Crooklyn brought back my childhood and my connection to it. It may not be Lee’s best technical film but it ...

Schoolteacher and loving Carmichael matriarch Carolyn (Alfre Woodard ... Joie Lee conceived the high-spirited CROOKLYN screenplay as a lyrical celebration of her Brooklyn childhood and, together ...

What happens behind these walls will change everything.