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Brown Sugar

20021h 49mRomance · Comedy
directed by Rick Famuyiwa

“When did you first fall in love with hip-hop?”

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6.6 / 10
129 votes
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6.5 / 10
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58 / 100
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66%

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Synopsis

Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.

Cast

Sanaa Lathan·Sidney 'Sid' Shaw
Taye Diggs·Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
Yasiin Bey·Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon
Nicole Ari Parker·Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
Boris Kodjoe·Kelby Dawson
Queen Latifah·Francine
Wendell Pierce·Simon
Erik Weiner·Ren
Reggi Wyns·Ten
Melissa Martínez·Meghan