Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Crooklyn”

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Where did the idea come from?

In an interview with the LA Times, Spike Lee explained how the script was originally conceived and written by his brother and sister, Cinque and Joie Lee. He told the newspaper that his siblings came to him with an idea and asked him if they knew of anyone who could help them get it made. That’s when Spike told them, he’d make it. Joie later told the The Times, “I gave birth to this project; Spike delivered it.”

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