Brown Sugar 2002   PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Musical
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Cast: Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Mos Def, Nicole Ari Parker, Boris Kodjoe, Queen Latifah, Wendell Pierce, Erik Weiner, Reggi Wyns, Melissa Martinez, Marc John Jefferies, Breece Wilson, Brette Taylor, Aaliyyah Hill, Venida Evans
Dre (Taye Diggs) and Sidney (Sanaa Lathan) have been good friends since they were children and share a love for rap music. Dre is a record executive and is now engaged to Reese (Nicole Ari Parker). Meanwhile, Sidney is engaged to professional basketball player Kelby (Boris Kodjoe). It isn't until Sydney gives support when Dre makes a career change that she finally realizes that it is Dre who she truly loves. 1 User Review
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| | Excellent, excellent, and excellent | Anonymous 03/23/2007 | | |
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Our Family Wedding 2010  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Cast: Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia, Regina King, Lance Gross, Anjelah N. Johnson, Diana-Maria Riva, Lupe Ontiveros, Charles Q. Murphy, Shannyn Sossamon, Anna Maria Horsford, Shondrella Avery, Sterling Ardrey, Tonita Castro, Warren Sapp
Cultures clash when African-American Marcus Boyd (Lance Gross) and Mexican-American Lucia Ramirez (America Ferrera) return from college and announce their engagement to their families. Lucia's father, Miguel (Carlos Mencia), runs a towing service, and her mother, Sonia (Diana-Maria Riva) designs jewelry. Marcus' father, Brad Boyd (Forest Whitaker) lives in a bachelor pad and entertains a variety of women. The families decide to honor both cultures' traditions during the wedding ceremony, and chaos ensues with only Brad's friend and lawyer Angela (Regina King) managing to keep her cool.
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 The Wood 1999   R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Cast: Taye Diggs, Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Sean Nelson, Trent Cameron, Duane Finley, Malinda Williams, De'aundre Bonds, LisaRaye, Tamala Jones
This coming-of-age story involves three African-American, middle-class men–Mike (Omar Epps), Roland (Taye Diggs), and Slim (Richard T. Jones). As adults, they meet at Roland's wedding and reminisce about their high-school days in Inglewood, California. 2 User Reviews
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| | that shit wus rite | slim 08/20/2007 | | dat movie wus tight and i liked da whole thing and black people got da rights to say da n word if they want but the movie wus real good |
| | The "N" Word | Kate 08/10/2007 | | I am white and I only watched this movie for 5 minutes and heard the "N" word at least 10 times. The only thing worse thatn a white person using this word is a black person using it. Are you ever going to learn that this word is not acceptable no matter who uses it. it screams "I'M STUPID!!!!!!!!! |
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| 1. Brown Sugar (2002)
2. Our Family Wedding (2010)
3. The Wood (1999)
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