Roxanne Roxanne (2017)

January. 22,2017

6.2

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The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.

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Chanté Adams as Roxanne Shanté

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Mahershala Ali as Cross

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Nia Long as Ms. Peggy

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Ceticultsot

2017/01/22

Beautiful, moving film.

Claire Dunne

2017/01/23

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Mehdi Hoffman

2017/01/24

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Abegail Noëlle

2017/01/25

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Roxanne Roxanne (2017)

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