Crown Heights Page #2

Synopsis: After the Crown Heights riots, an orthodox Rabbi and a community activist help two youths--one a Hasidic Jew, the other African-American--form a hip-hop group to heal their neighboorhood.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Jeremy Kagan
Production: Showtime Networks Inc.
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
R
Year:
2004
93 min
42 Views


TO FIGHT FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS

OF BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA.

THEY LUMP US:

ALL TOGETHER,

BUT WE'RE NOT

ALL THE SAME.

SOME OF THE LOUDEST

PROTESTERS OUT THERE --

THEY'RE NOT EVEN

FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

GOOD SHOT.

TIME OUT.

WHAT UP WITH THAT?

WE HAVE A LEAGUE.

MAN, I DIDN'T KNOW

Y'ALL HAD SNEAKERS.

YOU KNOW:

HOW TO FREESTYLE?

IN THE STREETS,

HOT BEATS:

SHOOTIN' HOOPS,

NOT PEEPS:

BUT THE WAY THEY STARE,

IT'S AS IF WE WERE CREEPS

IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SPRAYIN',

KNOW WHERE I'M COMIN' FROM

BUT, WHAM, YOU COULD BE SAYIN'

YEAH, I WAS BLINDED BY THE SUN

DOPE. YOU GOT SKILLS.

WHAT SKILLS?

YO, HOMEY CAN RHYME.

HE CAN FREESTYLE, D.

FOR REAL?

SO HE CAN COPY:

AND STEAL OUR CULTURE.

THAT MAKES HIM DOPE,

RIGHT?

LISTEN, HE AIN'T BOTHERING YOU.

LEAVE HIM ALONE.

MAN, GIVE ME THE BALL.

WHAT?

LET'S TAKE 'EM, T.

WHO ARE YOU SMACKING?

YOU WANT TO PLAY THEM?

COME ON.

WE CAN BEAT THEM.

LET'S GO, LET'S GO,

LET'S GO, LET'S GO.

COME ON, JEW BOY.

LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

YEAH, BOY!

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH,

RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE.

AAH!

I SEE YOU AIN'T GOING TO BE

ON NO SIDE...

WE'LL GET THEM.

YO, T.J.,

AIN'T THAT YOUR OLD MAN?

YEAH, THAT'S YOUR SHOT.

[ BALL GOES THROUGH NET ]

TOO EASY, MAN.

GIVE ME THE BALL.

WHERE YOU BEEN AT?

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO

BE HOME WEEKS AGO.

YOU -- YOU KNOW I CAN'T

NEVER DO NOTHING ON TIME.

IT'S GOOD TO --

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

STILL GOT YOUR CREW,

I SEE.

WHAT'S UP, FELLAS?

HEY, WHAT'S UP?

NEVER SEEN YOU PLAY

WITH ONE OF THOSE GUYS BEFORE.

I GOT IT, I GOT IT.

THAT'S YUDI. WE'VE BEEN

HAVING THESE MEETINGS.

THEY'VE BEEN

ON THE NEWS AND EVERYTHING.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE

HAVING THIS GAME

BETWEEN THE JEWS

AND BLACKS.

YOU GUYS WILL KILL THEM.

MAYBE YOU COULD MAKE IT.

I'D LIKE THAT.

THE MAYOR'S

SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE

A REAL BIG THING.

YEAH?

YOU GOING:

TO SEE MA NOW?

NO, SON, NOT RIGHT NOW.

I-I GOT SOME BUSINESS --

YOU DIDN'T GET THROUGH

THE WHOLE REHAB THING,

DID YOU?

I-I -- I'M GOING

TO GET BACK TO IT.

I AM.

WE WAITED FOR YOU.

MA HAD A CAKE AND EVERYTHING.

YOU BLEW US OFF, MAN.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO --

REALLY.

YEAH, WHATEVER.

SO WHEN'S

THAT BIG GAME?

IT'S NO BIG DEAL

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT.

I'M GOING TO BE THERE.

IN FACT...

LET ME -- LET ME

GET THE PARTICULARS.

NOW COME ON.

HIT ME.

IT'S ON THE 17th.

17th.

AT THE JEWISH SCHOOL

ON EASTERN PARKWAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO CHECK IT OUT.

YOU BETTER:

PLAY GOOD, BOY,

'CAUSE I'M GOING

TO BE WATCHING.

COME ON,

HIT ME ONE TIME.

HEY, YO, WHAT HAPPENED?

YOUR POPS BREAK OUT AGAIN?

IT'S NOTHING.

HEY, DON'T BE A P*SSY!

T.J.

WHERE YOU GOING?

HEY, WAIT UP.

WHAT?

YOU ALL RIGHT?

LISTEN,

WHY SHOULDN'T I BE?

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Michael D'Antonio

Michael D'Antonio is an American author, journalist, and commentator on CNN. He shared the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting with a team of Newsday reporters for their coverage of the Baby Jane Doe Case. He has written over a dozen books, including Never Enough, a 2015 biography of Donald Trump, and A Consequential President, a 2017 book on the Presidency of Barack Obama. His book Mortal Sins was a 2004 Edgar Award nominee.D'Antonio was born May 11, 1955, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1977. He wrote for the Dover Democrat in New Hampshire from 1976 to 1977, and the Portland Press Herald in Maine from 1977 to 1983 before joining Newsday as a writer, where he worked from 1983 to 1990. He was also a contributing editor to Child magazine. more…

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