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Brooklyn Babylon

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Original title

Brooklyn Babylon

Year

2001

Running time

89 min.

Country

United States

Director

Marc Levin

Screenwriter

Marc Levin, Bonz Malone

Cast

Music

The Roots

Cinematography

Mark Benjamin

Producer

Co-production United States-France;

Artisan Entertainment, Studiocanal, Bac Films, Off Line Entertainment Group

Genre

Drama. Romance | Racism. Music

Synopsis

In Brooklyn's Crown Heights, where West Indian Rastafarians and other Blacks live next door to the Jewish Lubavitch community, ethnic tensions are high. After a minor car crash, the headstrong Judah and other Jewish youths who patrol as vigilantes confront Scratch, a mouthy African-American hustler. Passengers in the cars make eye contact: Sol, a hip-hop musician, songwriter, and artist (Scratch's friend), and Sara, who is betrothed to Judah but wants to go to college and be on her own. Over the next few days, while Scratch and Judah's conflict escalates in violence, Sara and Sol connect in ways that echo Sheba and Solomon. The friendship puts them in danger.

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Brooklyn Babylon

2001

Marc Levin

6.1

(28)