A contemporary, urban retelling of the classic story, Carmen: A Hip Hopera follows the life of a police sergeant whose world is turned upside down when an irresistible woman enters his life.A contemporary, urban retelling of the classic story, Carmen: A Hip Hopera follows the life of a police sergeant whose world is turned upside down when an irresistible woman enters his life.A contemporary, urban retelling of the classic story, Carmen: A Hip Hopera follows the life of a police sergeant whose world is turned upside down when an irresistible woman enters his life.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Carmen Brown
- (as Beyoncé Knowles)
- Lt. Miller
- (as Mos Def)
- Bigg Mo
- (as Maurice Smith)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film is the second major African-American adaptation of the opera, the first being the 1943 Broadway musical Carmen Jones and its 1954 Academy Award nominated and box office hit film adaptation.
- Quotes
Blaze: Hello, I'm Blaze. But my friends call me Case...
[Carmen cuts him off]
Carmen: I know who you are. I'm Carmen.
Blaze: Nice to meet you.
Carmen: Nice to meet you.
Blaze: So what's a fine lady like you doing in Philly? Small town masquerading as a big city.
Carmen: I won't be here for long. See I have dreams... plans.
Blaze: I wanna hear about 'em.
Carmen: [sucks teeth] Pssh. No, you don't.
Blaze: No, really. I'm interested.
Carmen: Really?
[Blaze nods, Carmen puts down drink]
Carmen: Okay. I want to move to LA. I want to be an actress, a star. I want my own movies, my own TV show, my own sitcom.
[laughs.]
Blaze: [Looks up and gestures lights shining.] I can see your name in lights already, like...
Carmen: [Sucks teeth] Don't patronize me.
[Gets up and leaves. Blaze grabs her. She looks at her arm then him as if to say 'get off'.]
- ConnectionsRemake of Carmen Jones (1954)
- jtur88
- Dec 14, 2001
Details
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color