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were created by Joie Lee in her first screenplay. She sold it to her older brother, Spike Lee, to direct and film. There was said to be creative and financial conflict among the three siblings (Spike Lee, Joie Lee, and Cinqué Lee), who all were credited as co-writers. Joie Lee had major creative
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190:Running time
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101:Zelda Harris
93:Delroy Lindo
1759:Other films
1732:Rodney King
1615:Da 5 Bloods
1551:She Hate Me
1519:He Got Game
1447:School Daze
1403:Filmography
1237:Tulsa World
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753:The Numbers
688:Tulsa World
616:Roger Ebert
561:docufiction
444:José Zúñiga
327:glue huffer
306:School Daze
194:115 minutes
114:Arthur Jafa
73:Produced by
39:Directed by
1976:1994 films
1970:Categories
1883:Television
1559:Inside Man
1535:Bamboozled
1123:"Crooklyn"
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877:2022-11-06
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731:References
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630:In a 2018
492:Gary Perez
407:as Carolyn
298:Special Ed
282:soundtrack
223:Box office
178:1994-05-13
141:Production
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1902:(2017–19)
1740:Pass Over
1543:25th Hour
1479:Malcolm X
1392:Spike Lee
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461:as Snuffy
459:Spike Lee
338:Malcolm X
294:Masta Ace
243:Spike Lee
120:Edited by
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76:Spike Lee
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1487:Crooklyn
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516:Crooklyn
504:Joie Lee
413:as Woody
333:Crooklyn
323:Crooklyn
290:Buckshot
278:Crooklyn
234:Crooklyn
207:Language
130:Music by
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1840:3 A.M.
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1716:Bad 25
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296:, and
251:Cinqué
215:Budget
1814:Films
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1422:Films
1334:IMDb
1311:2017
1295:ISSN
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