Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)

06/13/1991 1h 31m

More powerful than Boyz N the Hood. Truer than New Jack City.

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Overview

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. But his plan involves scamming the neighborhood's biggest drug kingpin, a heist that's dangerous at best.

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Cast Ages at Release

George T. Odom

as Ray Brown

Born 08/21/1950

Died 09/21/2016, age

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

as Dennis Brown

Born 09/22/1971, age