The film features a slew of africanamerican musicians including beyonce knowles, mos def, rah digga, wyclef jean, mekhi phifer, da brat, joy bryant, jermaine dupri and lil bow wow. The film stars beyonce from destinys child as carmen. A hip hopera trailer based on bizets classic opera and its all african american musical counterpart carmen jones, carmen a hiphopera is a modern retelling of. A hip hopera 2001 robert townsend on allmovie previously, and brilliantly, adapted as an opera. Destinys childs sultry songstress beyonce knowles austin powers in. Derek hill, who after being ordered by his corrupt superior office frank miller to arrest carmen for her involvement in a bar fight, falls hopelessly and tragically in love with her. A hip hopera retells georges bizets classic opera carmen in a contemporary, urban setting, where the drama plays out in verse and the songs convey raw emotions. It showed how us as black people can really show our talent. Goldmember as the seductive carmen, no longer an employee in a cigarette factory but instead an aspiring actress. The setting has been taken from the hots streets of barcelona and is now in scorching urban philadelphia. Previously, and brilliantly, adapted as an opera by georges bizet, the prosper merimee novel carmen served as the inspiration for this updated madeforcable movie. Starring beyonct knowles, jermaine dupri, lil bow wow, mekhi phifer, mos def, rah digga, wyclef jean includes.
Spoilers are not a thing when the movie is old enough to have its. Associate justice pierce butler takes an interest in the newsreel camera and pos. Based on bizets classic opera and african american with music for carmen jones, carmen is a modern retelling of the story of the tragedy of carmen. A hip hopera starring beyonce knowles in this drama on directv. A hip hopera is a remake that mostly resembles the 1954 version starring dorothy dandridge and harry belafonte titled carmen jones.
Plus, watch over 4,500 free movies on vudu movies on us. A hip hopera rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. In 2001, mtv threw their hat into the hip hop movie ring with carmen. This is one of the best hip hop movies since krush groove. The 2001 film starred beyonce, mekhi phifer, wyclef jean, joy bryant and more. Download or stream from your apple tv, roku, smart tv, computer or portable device. Of course, it includes an over use of those music video effects straight from 2000. A hiphopera, starring beyonce, actor mekhi phifer, and. Derek hill, who after being ordered by his corrupt superior office frank miller to arrest carmen for her involvement in a bar. Carmen, a seductive aspiring actress seems to lead trouble everywhere she goes.
Based on bizets classic opera and its all african american musical counterpart carmen jones, carmen a hiphopera is a modern retelling of the story of the tragic gypsy carmen. A hip hopera will be available for streaming pleasure in june. Advertisement autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. A hip hopera 2001 an engaged philadelphia policeman mekhi phifer falls in love with a beautiful woman beyonce knowles while dealing with a corrupt superior mos def. Carmen the hip hopera full seduction scene youtube. A hip hoperahowever disappointing this hybrid is in most waysshowcases a compelling moviestar presence. A hip hopera 2001 in 2001, mtv threw their hat into the hip hop movie ring with carmen. Through song, the starstudded cast tells the tale of their passionate romance and tragic demise. A hip hopera you are looking for serious, captivating and realistic movies about with hip hop, tragic love, femme fatale, police corruption, music, obsession and betrayal themes of musical and drama genre shot in usa. Carmen is mtvs first hip hopera, and while that phrase may be way too cute for its own good, this reworking of bizets opera into a contemporary, hip hop musical works quite well, and. Rent, buy, and watch movies and tv shows with vudu. The film has a potential halt as it exercised a common role for africanamerican women known as jezebel typecast.
A hip hopera 2001 based on bizets classic opera and its all african american musical counterpart carmen jones, carmen a hiphopera is a modern retelling of the story of the tragic gypsy carmen. The movie stars beyonce knowles, mos def, rah digga, wyclef jean, mekhi phifer, da brat, joy bryant, jermaine dupri and lil bow wow. Netflix heard you liked beyonce movies so theyre adding one of her classics, carmen. Home video trailer from new line home entertainment. Destinys childs sultry songstress beyonce knowles austin powers in goldmember plays the seductive carmen brown in the first hiphop opera ever produced. It was centered around a cop in philadelphia who fell in love with an actress named carmen. A hip hopera trailer based on bizets classic opera and african american with music for carmen jones, carmen is a modern retelling of the story of the tragedy of carmen. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. In 2002, he played the role of booth in suzanlori parks topdogunderdog, a tony nominated and pulitzer winning broadway play. A hip hopera is a 2001 american musical romantic drama television film produced by mtv and directed by robert townsend. The 1954 remake was of the opera by georges bizet titled carmen. Based on bizets classic opera and its all african american musical. Carmen is a hip hop remake of the classic film carmen jones.
Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app. Mekhi phifer, reagan gomezpreston and recording artists mos def aka dante beze, wyclef jean, lil bow wow and da brat also star in this edgy, provocative tale of two ill. But when a hardnosed cop, hill, falls in love with her, trouble is always around the corner, especially with a tough criminal investigator whos also after carmen. The film stars beyonce in her debut acting role predating her theatrical film debut in austin powers in goldmember, mekhi phifer, mos def, rah digga, wyclef. A hip hopera is an 2001 musical movie produced for television by mtv and directed by robert townsend. In 2001, he took a supporting role to beyonce knowles and mehki phifer in the mtv movie carmen.
A hip hopera will stream for the entire month of june, and is a part of a rotation of throwback films netflix will be featuring throughout the year in an. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. The cast was loaded with talents such as beyonce, mos def, mekhi phifer, bow wow, and more, but the storyline just didnt work. A hip hopera follows the life of a police sergeant whose world is turned upside down when an irresistible woman enters his life. Goldmember as the seductive carmen, no longer an employee in. A hip hopera full drama movie 2001 hd mekhi phifer, beyonce. A hip hopera on digital and stream instantly or download offline. After leading hill down the path to perdition, carmen deserts him for a top40 rap star named blaze. It stars some of the hottest artist in the music biz. Deep sleep music 247, calm music, insomnia, sleep therapy, sleep meditation, relax, study, sleep body mind zone 9,190 watching live now. To jermaine dupri all the way to the beautiful beyonce knowles. A hip hopera, the fighting temptations, dreamgirls.
It is based upon the 1875 opera carmen by georges bizet, ludovic halevy and henri meilhac. The film stars beyonce in her debut acting role, mekhi phifer, mos def, rah digga, wyclef jean, da brat, joy bryant, reagan gomezpreston, jermaine dupri and lil bow wow. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48. Jan 02, 2017 deep sleep music 247, calm music, insomnia, sleep therapy, sleep meditation, relax, study, sleep body mind zone 9,190 watching live now. Beyonce movie carmen a hip hopera watch on netflix refinery29. A contemporary, urban retelling of the classic story, carmen.
The films addition is part of a rotation of throwback films the service will be featuring over the course of the year in an effort to stream more. This time carmen brown is an aspiring actress who in her own words. Carmen is an actress trying to make it with the love of mehki pfefier. A modernday remake of the classic tale of romance turned to tragedy. Carmen in lous pub written by sekani williams performed by beyonce knowles, mos def and sam sarpong. The intro written by sekani williams performed by da brat. Jan 18, 2009 beyonce in the movie carmen a hip hopera. A hip hopera tv movie 2001 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A hip hopera is a 2001 madefortv musical directed by robert townsend and produced for mtv. When the film premiered in the summer of 2001, beyonces girl group destinys child was at the top of their game thanks to the.
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