Sharif Rashed

Newly released from jail, an ex-gang member asks a former contender to teach him to box.

Alicia's father abandoned her ten years ago. Now a family wedding presents a chance for her to start a relationship with him.

A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun. But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant, the neighborhood proves they'll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout.

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.