Written by director Lee and his siblings, Crooklyn is a breezy, cheerful, episodic, relaxed portrait of African-American domesticity and summer life in Brooklyn during 1973.  Alfre Woodard and Delroy Lindo create a full-bodied portrait of the parents, but the main point of view is from young daughter Troy (Zelda Harris), through whose perspective we observe a wide variety of neighborhood characters. These include Spike Lee himself as glue-huffing burnout Snuffy, as well as a legendary cameo by supermodel of the world RuPaul joyfully misbehaving in a local bodega. This unpredictable film includes experiments with cinematography (a segment of the film switches to anamorphic lens, for example) as well as emotional shifts in tone that guide the loose narrative. Also including a fantastic period soundtrack, Crooklyn invites audiences to look at Black experience through Troy’s eyes, to enter spaces of her emotional universe, to experience the intimate world of family and friends that grounds her being and gives her life meaning.