As Spike Lee's career evolved, his work reached more and more different genres; just on this list we've seen thriller, comedy, noir, documentary, and more. Which is why 2012's Red Hook Summer was such a nice return to basics for Lee: it goes back to his earliest form—telling small, intimate stories based in Brooklyn. Red Hook Summer, in turn, tells the story of a young boy from Atlanta who heads up to New York to spend a Brooklyn summer with his grandfather (Clarke Peters, who Lee reteams with on Da 5 Bloods) in the Red Hook projects.

Lee himself considers this film part of his 'Chronicles of Brooklyn; series, which also includes She's Gotta Have It, Do The Right Thing, Crooklyn, Clockers, and He Got Game.

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