Two years after Malcolm X, Spike took a lighter tone and did an autobiographical film. Written by Spike and his brother and sister, Crooklyn is a humourous and touching look at his childhood in Brooklyn. It is summertime in the early '70s. Dad is out of work and Spike and his brothers and sisters are into all kinds of mischief.
The next year, Lee took an opposite track and made Clockers. This is a story of a murder. When a night watchman is murdered, the detective on the case does not believe that the person who turned himself in actually committed the crime. He thinks the suspect is covering up for his brother and the local drug boss. The detective is out to find the truth.
Spike released two films in 1996. Get on the Bus, is a documentry about a group of men who are on their way to the Million Man March in Washington DC. It is a journey of discovery. The men learn about themselves and this bonds the strangers together to form strong, lasting friendships. Girl 6 is a comedy about the trials and tribulations of an up and coming actress in New York City. Unhappy with the treatment of women in the film industy, unemployed, and in need of money, she takes a job at a phone sex company. Not of Lee's better efforts, but be sure to check out Mann's Chinese Theater next time you watch this one. The movie showing that week is something call Girl 6.
4 Little Girls is a documentry which uses interviews and pictures to introduce four tragically lost souls. The film opens with a shot of a monument honoring Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Addie Mae Collins, and Cynthia Wesley. The inscription reads, "Their lives were taken by unknown parties on September 15,1963 when the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was bombed. May Men Learn to Replace Bitterness and Violence with Love and Understanding."
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