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Carmen: A Hip Hopera

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2001

88 minutes (1 hrs 28 mins)

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Directed by

Robert Townsend

Starring

Mekhi Phifer · Beyoncé Knowles · Yasiin Bey · Rah Digga · Joy Bryant · Wyclef Jean

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US release: 8th May 2001

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