Spike Lee's Crooklyn premieres
on AHN-Prime Dec. 18 on WBFX
NEW YORK ? The African Heritage
Network Prime-Time Presentations (AHN
>0 Prime) hosted by legendary film stars Ossie
Davis and Ruby Dee, debuts the television
^premiere of Spike Lee's coming of age film,
^'Crooklyn as a Thanksgiving special.
"The film evokes a time when young
urban African-American children were
motivated primarily by two things: television
! and sugar," said Lee. Crooklyn airs on
WBFX Dec. 18 at 8 p.m.
1 < "Crooklyn is a pretty good example of
! what families used to be. Nowadays, it seems
| as though families are all but broken up
|; completely," said Ossie Davis. "The defini
i.' tion of a family is a group of people who
* sorta hang on to each other no matter what
J and refuse to let each other go down. They
just stay together. So there are some positive
elements in Crooklyn," he added.
Lee, whose earlier films have taken prob
; ing views of such controversial social issues
< as interracial romance, urban violence,
black-on-black racism and the life and
beliefs of Malcolm X, now turns his talents
as a visual storyteller to the daily life and
fortunes of the Carmichael family.
Academy award nominee Alfre Woodard
(HBO's Miss Evers' Boys, Passion Fish,
Cross Creek) stars as Carolyn Carmichael,
the loving but careworn mother who strug
gles to make ends meet for her unemployed
musician husband, Woody (Delroy Undo of
Malcolm X) and their five children. Her 10
year-old daughter, Troy (played by newcom
er Zelda Harris), has her hands full keeping
up with four terminally obnoxious brothers.
As a crisis envelops the household, Troy and
her family must rely on each other ? and
their sense of humor ? to face both the wild
joys and shared sorrows of everyday life in
Crooklyn.
Most of the action in Crooklyn takes
place on a single block in Brooklyn, N.Y.,
centered on the brownstone where the
Carmichael family lives. Their father,
Woody, is an idealistic jazz musician who
staunchly refuses to adapt to changing musi- ,
cal tastes. Carolyn cannot decide who needs i
more parenting ? her children or her hus
band. Troy does her best to help out, while
her brothers ? Clinton (Carlton Williams),
Wendell (Shariff Rashid), Nate (Chris
Knowings) and Joseph (Tse-Mach
Washington) spend most of the long sum
mer days watching television, eating junk
food and getting in and out of trouble
"As a film maker, and more importantly
as a black filmmaker, I think it's important
to expand the subject matter of the films we
do," says Lee. "As a group, we've gotten into
a rut telling the same story again and again
? the hip-hop, drug, gangsta rap, urban,
inner-city movie. I don't think that's the
totality of the African-American experience,
and I really think that audiences are starting
to want more than these movies can give
them. Besides, ever since my first film, She's
Gotta Have It, people have been asking me,
'Spike, when are you gonna make a movie I
can take my children to?'"
AHN-Prime's hosts, Ossie Davis and
Ruby Dee, are two of the entertainment
industry's most well-known and gifted cou
ples. Their film, television and stage careers
extend over 50 years. AHN-Prime airs in 125
television markets and covers 96 percent of
African-American television households
across the country.
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First Night Piedmont
celebration expands
Craig W. Ewing, president of
Safe Events Inc. announced the
planning for a major Millennium
celebration for the Piedmont Triad
? today. Centered on the annual New
Year's Eve arts festival, First Night
* Piedmont, Safe Events is now in
implementation stages of planning
i for the celebration which the entire
Piedmont area may utilize to usher
in the new century. Part of the plan
is to ensure that all age groups are
able to celebrate together safely. It's
important that the entire family
have an opportunity to share in this
occasion.
A critical piece of the planning
is to incorporate a sister hub of cel
ebration in Greensboro. The suc
cessful eight-year history of First
M.
Night Piedmont in Winston-Salem
is now twice it's size. For more than
two years, members of Safe Events
Inc. and notables in the Greensboro
area have been meeting together to
develop a center for the festival in
Greensboro. Through a series of
grants, work with the United Arts
Council of Greensboro and sup
port by the City of Greensboro,
First Night Piedmont has placed its
centerpiece for activity in
Greensboro at the Greensboro
Cultural Center. This year activities
are planned at the Cultural Center
throughout the evening on New
Year's Eve and culminates with a
wonderful finale at Festival Park
including the largest fireworks dis
play ever incorporated in a First
Night Celebration.
This year the First Night
Celebration will be held in several
locations. Activities will be held at
the UVM Coliseum, the UVM
Annex, the Piedmont Club,
Reynolds Auditorium in Winston
Salem, the Greensboro Cultural
Center and Festival Park in
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Renew Your Spirit! :
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CAROLINA THEATRE ? Greensboro ? December 15-17
STEVENS CENTER ? Winston-Salem ? December 19-21 ,
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IcMdren's book author and prizewinning poet to visit church
New Bethel Baptist Church will
present poet and children's book
author Carole Boston
* Weatherford in a reading and
book signing Dec. 11 at 4 p.m.
Part inspiration, part history
lessons, Weatherford's rousing
readings are steeped in oral tradi
tions. Her lively rhythms invite
audiences of all ages to chant
refrains and play percussion.
Weatherford will share excerpts
from tier latest books: Mighty
?yfdenfoik, Me and the Family Tree,
v Grandfaa A Me, and My Favorite
\$Toy. The board book series, which
^ was illustrated by Michele Mills,
explores themes of family, com
munity and child's play. With
rhyming text and delightful illus
trations, this new series offers a
fresh view of the way the youngest
children see the world.
In addition to these titles,
Weatherford authored the prize
winning poetry volume, The Tan
Chanteuse, and Juneleenth
Jamboree, the first children's book
about the emancipation holiday.
She has been writing since age 5,
when she dictated a poem to her
mother. She began writing chil
dren's books after she herself
became a mother. In 1995, she
won the Furious Flower Poetry
Prize and a North Carolina Arts
Council Fellowship. When she's
not writing, she conducts readings
and residences at schools and cul
tural institutions. She holds a mas
ter's degree in creative writing
from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro and a
master's in publications design
from the University of Baltimore.
A native of Baltimore, Md., she
resides in High Point, N.C., with
her husband, two children and a
pet iguana.
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