WEST SIDE STORY meets DO THE RIGHT THING in this
Romeo and Juliet variation set in Brooklyn's Crown Heights, where Orthodox Hasidic Jews and African-Americans of Caribbean descent — groups with dramatically different cultural mores — coexist uneasily. Filmmaker Marc Levin opens with footage of the 1991 Crown Heights riot, which erupted after a car carrying Grand Rabbi Menachem Schneerson struck two black youngsters, killing one, then segues into the fictional story of star-crossed lovers Sara (Karen Goberman) and Sol (musician Tariq Trotter, of The Roots). Though she yearns to attend college and experience the world outside her close-knit Hasidic co...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins