Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romance drama film written, produced, and directed by Spike Lee, starring Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra. It was Lees fifth featurelength film. The film mainly explores interracial relationships against the urban backdrop of the streets of 1990s New York City.
Flipper returns home after visiting his friend Cyrus Spike Lee. Meanwhile, Angie returns to her Bensonhurst home, and cooks dinner for her father, Mike Frank Vincent, and her two brothers, Charlie David Dundara and Jimmy Michael Imperioli. Her boyfriend, Paulie John Turturro, then takes her out on a date. One night, Flipper and Angie are working late at the firm, and they have a conversation about cooking. They continue to work together enjoying an easy rapport and finding themselves enjoying their company, the two eventually have sex.Sometime later, Flipper tells Jerry and Leslie that he wants to be made partner at their firm. After his request for promotion is declined, he abruptly quits his job in protest. Later that night at the park, Flipper admits his infidelity to Cyrus while taking a walk with him, who tells him the affair is problematic not only because Angie is white while he is black, but also because she is from Bensonhurst while he is from Harlem. ........
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