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Poetic Justice (1993)
Directed by John Singleton
“'Cause nobody, but nobody can make it out here alone.”
Drama, Romance · 1h 49m
Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to attend a convention because of her broken-down car, Justice gets a lift with her friend, Iesha, and Iesha's postal worker boyfriend, Chicago. Along for the ride is Chicago's co-worker, Lucky, to whom Justice grows close after some initial problems. But is she ready to open her heart again?
Cast
Janet Jackson
Tupac Shakur
Regina King
Joe Torry
Roger Guenveur Smith
Maya Angelou
Rose Weaver
Tyra Ferrell
Khandi Alexander
Crew
- Director
- John Singleton
- Writer
- John Singleton
- Director of Photography
- Peter Lyons Collister
- Original Music Composer
- Janet Jackson, Stanley Clarke, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
- Editor
- Bruce Cannon
- Producer
- John Singleton, Steve Nicolaides
Details
- Release date
- 1993-07-23
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Budget
- $14,000,000
- Box office
- $27,515,786