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The Beat is a 2003 drama written and directed by Brandon Sonnier and was screened at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. At 20 years of age, Sonnier was the youngest director to have a feature film debut at the Sundance Film Festival. The previous record was held by Robert Rodriguez for El Mariachi. With limited release on Showtime, Black STARZ, and Encore in 2005, the film became an underground hip hop cult-classic, supported by a cast of internationally recognized rap artists such as Chino XL, Tak (Styles of Beyond) and Coolio, as well as Def Poetry Jam's Steve Connell. The film's star, Rahman Jamaal also wrote and produced the film's hip hop soundtrack.
Original Release
08/16/2005
US Release
08/16/2005
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rahman Jamaal | Flip |
Kazz Wingate IV | Cassius 'Cash' Bernard |
4-Zone | Self |
Derek Barbosa | Crazy 8 |
Takbir Bashir | Tak |
John Cab | Mugger one |
Charlie Capen | Young Businessman |
Michael Colyar | Chi-Barnes |
Steve Connell | Artis |
Coolio | Emcee |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rahman Jamaal | Flip |
Kazz Wingate IV | Cassius 'Cash' Bernard |
4-Zone | Self |
Derek Barbosa | Crazy 8 |
Takbir Bashir | Tak |
John Cab | Mugger one |
Charlie Capen | Young Businessman |
Michael Colyar | Chi-Barnes |
Steve Connell | Artis |
Coolio | Emcee |
John Cothran | Bumma |
Keith Ewell | Tony |
J.B. Ghuman Jr. | Jimmy |
Toby Howard | Quentin Bernard |
Jazsmin Lewis | Tawanna |
Brian McKnight | Record Executive |
Antonio Negret | Doctor |
Terrell J. Ramsey | Greyton |
Betsy Randle | Marie Bernard |
David Williams | Doctor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ken Arnold | Executive Producer |
Ruth Arnold | Executive Producer |
Brandon Sonnier | Producer |
Ryan R. Johnson | Producer |
Jason Peterson | Producer |
Ryan Seashore | Producer |
Tyler Soper | Producer |
Scott Speer | Producer |
Sean E. Williams | Producer |