Underplayed Gems

Sugar Hill (1993)

Sugar Hill poster
Directed by
León Ichaso
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
R
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 107 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two brothers run a drug empire in Harlem. One wants out, but family and loyalty keep him tied to the violent life.

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What happens

Sugar Hill is a 1994 American crime drama film directed by Leon Ichaso and written by Barry Michael Cooper. It stars Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright as brothers Roemello and Raynathan Skuggs. Considered the second film of Cooper's "Harlem Trilogy" (after New Jack City and before Above the Rim, released a month prior), it focuses on the two brothers who are major drug dealers in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem, specifically the namesake Sugar Hill. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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