Movie
Civil Brand
Crime drama film with a runtime of 95 minutes, released in 2002. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
Television director Neema Barnette directs the forceful drama Civil Brand, based on a story by Preston A. Whitmore II. Shot with a micro-budget of 500,000 dollars, the film stars confrontational rap and hip-hop artists Mos Def, MC Lyte, and Da Brat. The story concerns a women's prison that exploits its largely African-American inmate population as cheap labor to manufacture products for a corporation. Mostly incarcerated due to domestic violence situations, the inmates also face sexual abuse as the hands of the prison staff, headed by Captain Deese (Clifton Powell) and Warden Nelson (Reed McCants). Accused of murder, Frances Shepard (Lisa Rae) joins forces with inmates Little Momma (Lark Voorhies), Wet (Monica Calhoun), and Nikki Barnes (N'Bushe Wright), as well as law student Michael (Mos Def), in order to start an uprising.
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Cast
- LisaRaye McCoy
- N'Bushe Wright
- Da Brat
- Monica Calhoun
- Clifton Powell
- Reed R. McCants
- Tichina Arnold
- Lark Voorhies
- MC Lyte
- Robert Archer Lynn
- Lisa Ray
- Yasiin Bey
- Mark Amin
- David Ryker
- Edward J. Pei
- Fontella Boomne
- Frank Moshier
- Jeff Clanagan
- Darin Spillman
- Zene Baker
- Stephanie Girard
- Preston A. Whitmore II
- Nick Plantico
- Cyndi Williams
- Dean Jones
- Joyce Renee Lewis
- David Beatty
- Yuri Neyman
- Ken King
- Steve Lockett
- Monica R. Cooper
- Mike Weezner
