Brooklyn Babylon (2001)
A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.
- Date of release
- 2001-08-16
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Director
- Marc Levin
Casting
- Tariq Trotter — Solomon
- Bonz Malone — Scratch
- David Vadim — Judah
- Karen Goberman — Sara
- Rahzel — Narrator
- Earl Contaste — Ras Don
- Carol Woods — Cislyn
- Slick Rick — Buddah
- Mad Cobra — Key Bouncer
- Camille Cruse — Cindy
- Questlove — Member of The Lions
- James 'Kamal' Gray — Member of The Lions
Interesting facts
Brooklyn Babylon is a 2001 film written and directed by Marc Levin, and a modern retelling of the Song of Solomon, set against the backdrop of the Crown Heights riot, starring Black Thought of The Roots.
Production
Brooklyn Babylon was the second-made of Levin's late nineties hip-hop trilogy, which began with Slam, a searing prison drama starring Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn and Bonz Malone. The third installment was 2000's Whiteboyz, a black comedy about white farm kids in Iowa who want to be black rappers, and starred Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok, Mark Webber and Piper Perabo.
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