SYNOPSIS

Red Hook Summer is the story of an Atlanta boy who comes to Red Hook for the first time to spend the summer with his grandfather, a minister. They have never met. The grandfather is a devout minister who tries to get his grandson son to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. The boy refuses. He grew up in middle class Atlanta, far from the difficulties of New York life. He does not believe in God. He thinks his summer in Red Hook is a punishment meted out by his single mother. He feels doomed to spend the summer doing repairs on the dilapidated church of grandfather, a hard working furnace fireman for The New York City Housing Authority. The boy sees The Red Hook Projects as a foreign country, filled with weird characters, unlike the sunny, well-to-do Black Folks he knows back home. At home they drive cars, have swimming pools in their yards, multiple TV sets, computers at home, good schools, and all the things a kid needs. In Red Hook it's hot, there's nothing to do, too many people speak Spanish, he has no friends. His summer appears to be a total disaster until he meets a pretty Black girl his age. She's a Red Hook resident and also a member of his grandfather's church. The young girl shows this boy the wonderful aspects of Red Hook and Brooklyn life. Through her love, and the love of his grandfather, the boy realizes that there is indeed a God, and Red Hook is the Window to His Love.