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Brown Sugar

2002 · 1h 49m · Romance, Comedy

Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for a feel-good romance wrapped in hip-hop nostalgia—it's a charming, breezy love letter to both the genre and the genre itself. The chemistry between the leads and the infectious energy of the soundtrack make this a solid pick for a fun, low-stakes evening.

Plot

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.

Director: Rick Famuyiwa

Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs, Yasiin Bey, Nicole Ari Parker, Boris Kodjoe

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