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Brooklyn Babylon

2001, Movie, R, 90 mins

BROOKLYN BABYLON
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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... read more leave a comment
Year: 2001
Rated R

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Cast
Tariq Trotter: Solomon
Karen Goberman: Sara
Bonz Malone: Scratch
David Vadim: Judah
Rahzel: Narrator
Earl Contasti: Ras Don

 

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