Brooklyn Babylon (2001)

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89 min - Drama | Music | Romance - 17 August 2001 (USA)

5.7

Ratings: 5.7/10 from 202 users Metascore: 26/100
Reviews: 6 user | 10 critic | 5 from Metacritic.com

A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Tariq Trotter	...	Solomon, Member of The Lions
	Karen Starc	...	Sara (as Karen Goberman)
	Bonz Malone	...	Scratch
	David Vadim	...	Judah
	Rahzel	...	Narrator
	Earl Contaste	...	Ras Don
	Carol Woods	...	Cislyn
	Slick Rick	...	Buddah
	Mad Cobra	...	Key Bouncer
	Camille Cruse	...	Cindy
	Ahmir-Khalib Thompson	...	Member of The Lions
	James 'Kamal' Gray	...	Member of The Lions
	Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard	...	Member of The Lions
	Kyle 'Scratch' Jones	...	Member of The Lions
	Mina Bern	...	Nanna

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In Brooklyn's Crown Heights, where West Indian Rastafarians and other Blacks live next door to the Jewish Lubavitch community, ethnic tensions are high. After a minor car crash, the headstrong Judah and other Jewish youths who patrol as vigilantes confront Scratch, a mouthy African-American hustler. Passengers in the cars make eye contact: Sol, a hip-hop musician, songwriter, and artist (Scratch's friend), and Sara, who is betrothed to Judah but wants to go to college and be on her own. Over the next few days, while Scratch and Judah's conflict escalates in violence, Sara and Sol connect in ways that echo Sheba and Solomon. The friendship puts them in danger. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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