Rome & Jewel
Feb 22 2008
•Drama, Music, Romance
This modernization of Shakespear's tragic love story Romeo and Juliette is set in Los Angeles against a backdrop of inter-racial romance.
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Nate Parker
Rome
Lindsey Haun
Jewel
Allen Maldonado
Mercury
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