Brown Sugar (2002)
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.
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Cast
Sanaa Lathan
as Sidney 'Sid' Shaw
Sanaa McCoy Lathan (/səˈnɑ/ born September 19, 1971) is an American stage, film, television, and voice actress. She is the daughter of actress Eleanor McCoy and film director Stan Lathan. She earned b...
Taye Diggs
as Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
Taye Diggs (born Scott Leo Diggs, Taye comes from the playful pronunciation of Scotty as "Scottay") is an American theatre, film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the Broadway musical...
Yasiin Bey
as Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon
Yasiin Bey (/jæˈsiːn ˈbeɪ/; born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973), formerly known as Mos Def, is an American retired rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor.
Regarded as one of hip hop's most int...
Nicole Ari Parker
as Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an American actress and model.
Early in her career she appeared in several critically-acclaimed independent films including The Incredibly True Adve...
Boris Kodjoe
as Kelby Dawson
Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe is a German-born actor, producer, and former model best known for his roles as Kelby in the 2002 film Brown Sugar, the sports-courier agent Damon Carter o...
Queen Latifah
as Francine
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and re...
Director
Rick Famuyiwa
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