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Straight Out of Brooklyn: Directed by Matty Rich. With George T. Odom, Ann D. Sanders, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Barbara Sanon. A young man living in poverty makes a plan to rob a drug dealer and change the life of his family.
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- 1991-06
Straight Out of Brooklyn is a 1991 independent film directed by Matty Rich in his directorial debut. The film is a story about Dennis (played by Larry Gilliard Jr. ), an African-American teen living in a housing project with his sister, mother and abusive, alcoholic father.
May 22, 1991 · A Special Jury Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this drama stars a then-19-year-old Matty Rich (who also wrote and directed it). Rich plays Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn who decides he wants out and turns to crime to fund his escape.
4 days ago · Straight Out of Brooklyn follows the struggles of the Brown family living in the projects of Brooklyn. The cast of the movie includes George T. Odom, Ann D. Sanders, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Barbara Sanon, Reana E. Drummond, and Matty Rich.
Straight Out of Brooklyn. When Dennis (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.), the oldest son of an impoverished family living in a Brooklyn housing project, decides to earn some quick money by robbing a...
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