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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Part of the series Summer Night Cinema: 50 Years of Hip Hop

Brown Sugar

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Part of Summer Night Cinema: 50 Years of Hip Hop, celebrating the art form's impact on music, film, and pop culture. Curated by critic Ernest Hardy.

This feel-good, crowd-pleasing ode to old-school hip hop and Black love shimmers on screen thanks to writer/director Rick Famuyiwa and his all-star cast, including Queen Latifah, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Sanaa Lathan, and Taye Diggs. Part tongue-in-cheek war of the sexes, part sincere love letter to the power of hip hop to “simply amaze you / craze you, pay you / Do whatever you say do” (Mos Def/Yasiin Bey), Brown Sugar is an invitation to laugh, nod your head, swoon, and fall in love under cover of the theater’s darkness—a hip hop remix of the classic Hollywood romantic comedy.

(2002, dir. Rick Famuyika, color, 109 minutes)

Summer Night Cinema is sponsored by Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein

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