Brooklyn Babylon

Brooklyn Babylon is a 2001 film directed by Marc Levin, and a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet and the Song of Solomon, set in the backdrop of the Crown Heights riot, starring Black Thought of The Roots.

Brooklyn Babylon was the second made of Levins late nineties hiphop trilogy, which began with Slam, a searing prison drama starring Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, and Bonz Malone. The third installment was 2000s Whiteboyz, a black comedy about white farm kids in Iowa who want to be black rappers, starred Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok, Mark Webber, and Piper Perabo.Roots members Ahmir Questlove Thompson, James Kamal Gray, Leonard Hub Hubbard, and Kyle Scratch Jones played other members of The Lions, and Roots beatbox artist Rahzel served as the films narrator. ........

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