Carmen: A Hip Hopera
May 08 2001
•1h 25m
•Drama, Music, Romance, TV Movie
An engaged Philadelphia policeman falls in love with a beautiful woman while dealing with a corrupt superior.
Cast
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Mekhi Phifer
Hill
Beyoncé
Carmen Brown
Yasiin Bey
Lt. Miller
Rah Digga
Rasheeda
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