| From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn. | |
| Release Date: | May 13, 1994 | 
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| Director: | Spike Lee | 
| Writer: | Spike Lee, Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama | 
| Keywords | 1970s, jazz singer or musician, dysfunctional family, teacher, urban, parenthood, brooklyn, new york city, semi autobiographical, street kid, euphoric | 
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Child Hood Productions | 
| Box Office | 
              
                Revenue: $0
                Budget: $14,000,000  | 
      
| Updates | 
          Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024  | 
      
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Skip Lievsay | Sound Designer | 
| Spike Lee | Director, Screenplay | 
| Joie Lee | Screenplay, Story | 
| Cinqué Lee | Screenplay | 
| Terence Blanchard | Original Music Composer | 
| Barry Alexander Brown | Editor | 
| Arthur Jafa | Director of Photography | 
| Wynn Thomas | Production Design | 
| Ruth E. Carter | Costume Design | 
| Marissa Littlefield | ADR Editor | 
| Frank Kern | Foley Editor | 
| Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Kevin Ladson | Property Master | 
| Alex Steyermark | Music Supervisor | 
| Robert Hein | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Preston L. Holmes | Production Supervisor | 
| Steven Visscher | Foley Editor | 
| David Lee | Still Photographer | 
| Bruce Pross | Foley Supervisor | 
| Hal Levinsohn | ADR Editor | 
| Rolf Pardula | Sound Mixer | 
| Shari L. Carpenter | Script Supervisor | 
| Chris Shriver | Art Direction | 
| Ted Glass | Set Decoration | 
| Eliza Paley | Foley Editor | 
| Michael Ringston | Assistant Camera | 
| Fred Rosenberg | Dialogue Editor | 
| Eugene Gearty | Sound Effects Editor | 
| Anastas N. Michos | Steadicam Operator | 
| Rick Raphael | Steadicam Operator | 
| Caryn E. Campbell | Production Coordinator | 
| Winsome Sinclair | Extras Casting | 
| Robi Reed | Casting | 
| Jeffrey Rollins | Set Dresser | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Jon Kilik | Executive Producer | 
| Spike Lee | Producer | 
| Cinqué Lee | Associate Producer | 
| Joie Lee | Associate Producer | 
| Monty Ross | Co-Producer | 
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