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Brown Sugar
Why this pick
A witty, music-soaked friends-to-lovers romance with the same lived-in Black creative-community energy, easy conversational rhythm, and affection for Chicago-like urban culture.
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MOVIE1997 1h 44m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A young black poet in Chicago starts dating a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friend, talking about love and sex, until Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Larenz Tate
Darius Lovehall
Nia Long
Nina Mosley
Marie-Françoise Theodore
Tracey Powell
Isaiah Washington
Savon Garrison
Bill Bellamy
Hollywood
Lisa Nicole Carson
Josie Nichols