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Straight Out of Brooklyn...
Straight Out of Brooklyn--Nineteen-year-old Matty Rich's directing debut delves into the life of a Black family in Red Hook, a Brooklyn housing complex. The movie examines the fate of the young generation in urban New York City. The viewer sympathizes with the plight of the son. Dennis Brown, who looks down on his father, an abusive gas-pumper. But Brown has no patience to work his way out of Brooklyn and is determined to rob a drug dealer. Both the father and son emerge as the victims and not the villains of society...
...full breadth of his talent. His first new work since The Civil War debuted in September 1990, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, will be telecast on PBS this Wednesday. On the same night the public network will rerun his Oscar-nominated 1981 film, Brooklyn Bridge. Two more of Burns' films will be shown in July, and his entire oeuvre has been released on videocassette by Direct Cinema...
Burns is a celebrator of America, but his work goes deeper than mere patriotism. What fascinates him most is the creative act, those feats of inspiration and perseverance that move civilization forward. In Brooklyn Bridge and The Statue of Liberty, Burns chronicled the building of great structures that came to symbolize far more than stone and steel. What stands out most in The Civil War is the men -- Lee, Sherman, Lincoln -- who shaped events by the force of their vision and eloquence. In Huey Long, his marvelous portrait of the Louisiana demagogue, Burns seems attracted as much as repelled...
...attempt to stop the current bloodletting, Hynes has issued subpoenas to more than 90 reputed Colombo men. Since mid-December, more than 30 camera- shy wiseguys -- many donning upturned collars, oversize hats and dark sunglasses -- have strolled in and out of Brooklyn's courthouse without admitting anything. Unlike federal law, which gives prosecutors the option of granting immunity in return for testimony, New York law hampers state investigations by making immunity automatic unless the individual agrees to waive it. The result, in this case, is a deadlock. "It's clear that Hynes has no intention of immunizing them, while most...