Straight Out of Brooklyn

1991

Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)

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75%

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Matty Rich's Straight out of Brooklyn is an unflinching portrait of an African-American family struggling to survive in a Brooklyn housing project. The family's oldest son (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) decides that the easiest way to get his family out of the projects is by robbing a local drug dealer, but that plan turns disastrous when the pusher and his gang track the boy and his family down. Rich was only 19 years old at the time he wrote and directed Straight out of Brooklyn (he also appears as Larry in the film).
  • Rating:
    R (adult situations/language, violence)
  • Genre:
    Drama
  • Directed By:
    Matty Rich
  • Written By:
  • In Theaters:
     wide
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  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    HBO Video

Cast

George T. Odom
as Ray
Ann D. Sanders
as Frankie
Anne D. Sanders
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
as Dennis
Barbara Sanon
as Carolyn
Reana E. Drummond
as Shirley
Matty Rich
as Larry
Mark Malone
as Kevin
Ali Shahid Abdul Wahha
as Luther
Joseph A. Thomas
as Saledene
Lawrence Clifford Jr.
James McFadden
as James
Dorise Black
as Ms. Walker
Robert N. Nash
as Skeet
Fran Sperling
as Sarah
Billy R.
as Gas Station Customer
Joseph Pillonia
as Gas Station Manager
Booker T. Matthews
as Uncle Scotty
James Arnold Mayes
as Man in Bar
J.R. Hill
as Bartender
Walter Meade
as Man in Grocery Store
Soraya Hyppolite
as Woman in Grocery Store
Krystal Davis
as Luther's Girlfriend
David Belgrave
as Grocery Clerk
Albertha Moody
as Secretary in Employment Office
Ulysses Rivers
as Voiceover
William Erskine
as Man in Bar
James Arnold Mayes
as Man in Bar
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Critic Reviews for Straight Out of Brooklyn

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Matty Rich was 19 years old when he made this film, although you wouldn't know it. You'd think he was more like 16 and had watched too much TV.

Jan 3, 2018 | Full Review…
Independent (UK)

Awfully difficult to watch outside of its 1991 womb, with its limitations cringe-inducing, reducing a powerful statement of frustration to no-budget After School Special.

May 24, 2011 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
BrianOrndorf.com

Though amateurish and technically raw, the film offers a fresh insider's view of the disintegration of one black family, serving as a microcosm of the entire inner-city black community

Dec 2, 2006 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
EmanuelLevy.Com

Probes the struggles to keep hope alive in an inner city ghetto

Jul 20, 2003 | Full Review…
Spirituality and Practice

A gritty realistic look at life in the black ghetto.

Aug 12, 2001 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
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