Brown Sugar (2002)
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.
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Sanaa LathanSidney 'Sid' Shaw
Taye DiggsAndre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
Yasiin BeyChris Anton 'Cav' Vichon
Queen LatifahFrancine
Nicole Ari ParkerReese Marie Wiggam Ellis
Boris KodjoeKelby Dawson
Sterling K. BrownCo-Worker
Wendell PierceSimon
Erik WeinerRen
Big Daddy KaneSelfReggi WynsTen
QuestloveSelfKeywords
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What is Brown Sugar about?
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.
How long is Brown Sugar?
Brown Sugar has a runtime of 109 minutes.
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