Main Cast: Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter, Bonz Malone, Karen Goberman, David Vadim, Joanne Baron
Release Year: 2000
Country: US
Run Time: 89 minutes
Plot
Two young people from different cultures fall in love and have to face the emotional fallout of their actions in this urban drama set in Brooklyn's rough-and-tumble Crown Heights neighborhood. Sol (Tariq Trotter) is a young man of West Indian descent who is the leader of a group of Afrocentric hip-hop musicians struggling to succeed in the recording industry. Sol and his friend Scratch (Bonz Malone) get into an auto accident one afternoon with Judah (David Vadim), a young Jewish man out for a drive with his girlfriend Sara (Karen Goberman). While Judah and Scratch get into an argument, Sol and Sara attempt to deal with the problem more reasonably, and the two find they have an unexpected rapport. Sol and Sara become fast friends, and their friendship soon grows into a romance, but Sara finds that Judah is both angry and heartbroken about her new relationship, while her conservative family does not trust Sol. Sol's friends, meanwhile, are no more supportive of him, believing he's betraying his culture by becoming involved with Sara. Leading man Tariq Trotter (also known as Black Thought) is the frontman of the acclaimed hip-hop group the Roots, who appear in the film as Sol's band and perform several original compositions for the soundtrack. Brooklyn Babylon received its world premiere as an opening night attraction at the 2001 Slamdance Film Festival, where it was screened over the objections of the film's distributor, Artisan Pictures. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter - Sol
Bonz Malone - Scratch
Karen Goberman - Sara
David Vadim - Judah
Joanne Baron - Rose
Credit
Marc Levin - Director, Emir Lewis - Editor, Alex Gibney - Executive Producer, John Sloss - Executive Producer, David Peipers - Executive Producer, Ezra Swerdlow - Producer, Henri Kessler - Producer, Bonz Malone - Screenwriter, Marc Levin - Screenwriter, Pam Widener - Screenwriter, The Roots - Featured Music
