Brown Sugar
Brown Sugar
Release: 2002-10-05
·Runtime: 109m
·★ 6.6
Romance
Comedy
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Evergreen Productions
Heller Highwater Productions
Magic Johnson Entertainment
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Common
as Self
Boris Kodjoe
as Kelby Dawson
Big Daddy Kane
as Self
Lamman Rucker
as Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)
Angie Martinez
as Self (Radio DJ)
Venida Evans
as Older Woman
Vinny DeGennaro
as Bouncer (uncredited)
Sanaa Lathan
as Sidney 'Sid' Shaw
Yasiin Bey
as Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon
Wendell Pierce
as Simon
Brette Taylor
as Woman 2
Nicole Ari Parker
as Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
Ralph E. Tresvant
as Royale (uncredited)
Toks Olagundoye
as Sidney's LA Assistant
Jermaine Dupri
as Self
Kimora Lee Simmons
as Self
Taye Diggs
as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
Doug E. Fresh
as Self
Liza Lapira
as Hot 97 Receptionist
Kevin Watson
as Record Label Executive (uncredited)
Tariq Trotter
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
Erik Weiner
as Ren
Donna DuPlantier
as Woman 3
Method Man
as Self
Sterling K. Brown
as Co-Worker
Dana Dane
as Self
Slick Rick
as Self
Russell Simmons
as Self
Beanie Sigel
as Self
Chyna
as Woman at Party (uncredited)
Queen Latifah
as Francine
Talib Kweli
as Self
Spencer Kayden
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Rosalyn Coleman
as Trish Hofmann
Helmar Augustus Cooper
as Reverend
Questlove
as Self
Marc John Jefferies
as Young Dre
Opal Alladin
as Crafts Vendor
Kool G Rap
as Self
Crew
Bennie Maupin
Musician
Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
Thierry Mugler
Thanks
Michael Elliot
Screenplay, Story
Jono Oliver
First Assistant Director
Magic Johnson
Executive Producer
Kalina Ivanov
Production Design
Enrique Chediak
Director of Photography
Rick Famuyiwa
Director, Screenplay
Alexa L. Fogel
Casting