Brown Sugar
When did you first fall in love with hip-hop?
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.
Directed by Rick Famuyiwa · Written by Michael Elliot
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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
- Aaliyyah Hill Young Sidney
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Marc John Jefferies Young Dre
Make it a double feature
3h 35m together
Brown Sugar
The Wood
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