Movie
Love Jones
Overview
Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-03-14
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New Line Cinema, Addis-Wechsler Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Larenz Tate as Darius Lovehall
- Nia Long as Nina Mosley
- Isaiah Washington as Savon Garrison
- Bill Bellamy as Hollywood
- Lisa Nicole Carson as Josie Nichols
- Marie-Françoise Theodore as Tracey Powell
- Khalil Kain as Marvin Cox
- Leonard Roberts as Eddie Coles
- Bernadette Speakes as Sheila Downes
- Kahil El'Zabar as Percussionist
Crew
- Theodore Witcher - Director
- Theodore Witcher - Writer
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