CinemaOSMovie · 2002 · 1h 49m · PG-13

Brown Sugar

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

67%(131)IMDbRomanceComedy

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 byRick Famuyiwa

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 49m
Language
EN
Released
October 5, 2002
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$27,362,712
Studios
Fox Searchlight Pictures20th Century FoxEvergreen Productions

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan

Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs

Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Yasiin Bey

Yasiin Bey

Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker

Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Boris Kodjoe

Boris Kodjoe

Kelby Dawson

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah

Francine

Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce

Simon

Erik Weiner

Erik Weiner

Ren

Reggi Wyns

Ten

Melissa Martínez

Meghan

Creative team
Directed by
Rick Famuyiwa
Rick Famuyiwa
Written by
Michael Elliot
Michael Elliot
Rick Famuyiwa
Rick Famuyiwa
Produced by
Peter Heller

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