"A Spectacular Film by Mr. Spike Lee"

2000

2h 16m

6.2(143 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

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Cast & Crew

78 members

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Damon Wayans

Pierre Delacroix

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Savion Glover

Manray / Mantan

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Jada Pinkett Smith

Sloan Hopkins

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Tommy Davidson

Womack / Sleep'n Eat

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Michael Rapaport

Thomas Dunwitty

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Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Honeycutt

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Paul Mooney

Junebug

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Gillian White

Verna

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Susan Batson

Orchid Dothan

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Yasiin Bey

Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika

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M.C. Serch

Mau Mau: 1 / 16th Blak

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Gano Grills

Mau Mau: Double Blak

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Canibus

Mau Mau: Mo Blak

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DJ Scratch

Mau Mau: Jo Blak

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Charli Baltimore

Mau Mau: Smooth Blak

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Craig muMs Grant

Mau Mau: Hard Blak

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Dormeshia Sumbry

Pickaninny: Topsy

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Tyheesha Collins

Pickaninny: Aunt Jemima

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Cartier Williams

Pickaninny: Lil'nigger Jim

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Baakari Wilder

Pickaninny: Sambo

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Sekou Torbet

Pickaninny: Rastus

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Questlove

Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director

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Tariq Trotter

Alabama Porch Monkey

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James 'Kamal' Gray

Alabama Porch Monkey

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Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard

Alabama Porch Monkey

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Kyle 'Scratch' Jones

Alabama Porch Monkey

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Christopher Wynkoop

Massa Charlie

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Jani Blom

Jukka Laks

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Dina Pearlman

Myrna Goldfarb

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Imhotep Gary Byrd

Himself

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Al Sharpton

Himself

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Matthew Modine

Himself

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Mira Sorvino

Herself

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Arthur J. Nascarella

Police Chief

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Liza Jessie Peterson

Ruth (Casting Director)

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Don Ezzard Peavy II

Auditioning Dancer

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Camera

Tony Arnaud

Auditioning 'Digeroo-Doo Player'

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Tuffy Questell

Auditioning Singer

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David Wain

Bunning

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Ron Lawrence

Mau Mau's Engineer

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Al Palagonia

Bobby

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Mildred Clinton

Louise

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Ephraim Benton

Tre

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Tanesha Marie Gary

Stacy

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Shannon Walker Williams

Young Black Woman

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Matthew Cole Weiss

Young White Man

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Coati Mundi

Papo

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Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz

Cuca

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Rodney "Bear" Jackson

Stage Security Guard

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Rafael Osorio

Stage Security Guard

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Anna Hsieh

Joan

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Kris Park

Fish

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Cheryl Lynn Bowers

Mona

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Julie Dretzin

Beth

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Steven McElroy

Seth

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Stephen Kunken

David

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Katie MacNichol

Anna

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Joshua Weinstein

Kirk

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A.D. Miles

Aaron

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Daniel Milder

Peter

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Jason Winther

Jeff

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Ed Onipede Blunt

CNS Security Guard

Production

Renton Kirk

CNS Security Guard

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Kim Director

Starlet

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Conni Freestone

Starlet

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Rayietta Hill

Hottie

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John Wallace

Dawg

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Arthur Thomas

Dawg

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Lisa Ferreira

Da Bomb Girl

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Kiki Haynes

Da Bomb Girl

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Judah Jacobs

Da Bomb Girl

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Light Eyes

Da Bomb Girl

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Chyna

Da Bomb Girl

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Luz Whitney

Da Bomb Girl

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Danny Hoch

Timmi Hillnigger

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Sarah Jones

Dot

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Bert Williams

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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O. J. Simpson

Self (archive footage)(uncredited)

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