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Feature film — 2002

Brown Sugar (2002)

6.71h 49mRomance — Comedy

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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A high-signal pick with 131 votes.

Fox Searchlight Pictures / Evergreen Productions / Heller Highwater Productions / Magic Johnson Entertainment / 20th Century Fox

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Director: Rick Famuyiwa

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Cast & crew

Sanaa Lathan as Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Sanaa Lathan

Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Taye Diggs as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Taye Diggs

Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Yasiin Bey as Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Yasiin Bey

Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Nicole Ari Parker as Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Nicole Ari Parker

Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Boris Kodjoe as Kelby Dawson

Boris Kodjoe

Kelby Dawson

Queen Latifah as Francine

Queen Latifah

Francine

Wendell Pierce as Simon

Wendell Pierce

Simon

Erik Weiner as Ren

Erik Weiner

Ren

R

Reggi Wyns

Ten

M

Melissa Martínez

Meghan

A

Aaliyyah Hill

Young Sidney

Marc John Jefferies as Young Dre

Marc John Jefferies

Young Dre

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