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Brown Sugar (2002)

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.
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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.

Rating:PG-13
Genre:Romance, Comedy
Directed By:Rick Famuyiwa
Written By:Michael Elliot, Rick Famuyiwa
In Theaters:10/5/2002
Box Office:$27,362,712
Runtime:109 minutes
Studio:Fox Searchlight Pictures, Evergreen Productions, Heller Highwater Productions, Magic Johnson Entertainment, 20th Century Fox

Cast


Director

Rick Famuyiwa

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Sanaa Lathan

Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

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Taye Diggs

Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

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Yasiin Bey

Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

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Nicole Ari Parker

Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

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Boris Kodjoe

Kelby Dawson

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Queen Latifah

Francine

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Wendell Pierce

Simon

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Erik Weiner

Ren

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Reggi Wyns

Ten

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Melissa Martínez

Meghan

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Aaliyyah Hill

Young Sidney