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Brooklyn Babylon is a american film of genre Drama directed by Marc Levin released in USA on 16 august 2001 with Black Thought
Brooklyn Babylon (2001)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 16 august 2001
Length 1h29
Directed by Marc Levin
OriginUSA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Hip hop films, Romeo and Juliet, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Rating59%
Brooklyn Babylon is a 2001 film directed by Marc Levin, and a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet and the Song of Solomon, set in the backdrop of the Crown Heights riot, starring Black Thought of The Roots.
Synopsis
In Brooklyn's Crown Heights, where West Indian Rastafarians and other Blacks live next door to the Jewish Chabad community, ethnic tensions are high. After a minor car crash, the headstrong Judah and other Jewish men who patrol the neighborhood 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.Actors
Black Thought
(Solomon)
David Vadim
(Judah)
Carol Woods
(Cislyn)
Olek Krupa
(Uncle Vlad)
Vernon Campbell
(Bouncer)
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