Directed by:
Michael LarnellScreenplay:
Michael LarnellCinematography:
Federico CescaComposer:
RZACast:
Chanté Adams, Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis Nolasco, Germar Terrell Gardner, Tonye Patano, Curtiss Cook, Kevin Phillips, Mitchell Edwards, Taliyah Whitaker (more)VOD (1)
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In 1984, Lolita Shanté Gooden was just another 14 year old living in New York's Queensbridge projects. When she famously laid down the lyrics to "Roxanne's Revenge" an underground answer rap to U.T.F.O.'s popular single "Roxanne, Roxanne" she sparked one of the earliest and most significant beefs in hip-hop history, establishing herself as a feared battle emcee in a genre on the verge of worldwide recognition. With fame firmly in her grasp, Roxanne Shanté was still just a teenager with the weight of the world on her shoulders, hustling to provide for her family while defending herself from the perils of life in the projects. (Sundance Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Chanté Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/390/161390832_a51ef1.jpg)
Chanté Adams
Best movies:
A Journal for Jordan (2021)
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Voyagers (2021)
![Mahershala Ali](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/437/164437916_52fd06.jpg)
Mahershala Ali
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Green Book (2018)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
![Nia Long](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/061/166061468_8e7a02.jpg)
Nia Long
USA
Best movies:
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV movie)
The Banker (2020)
![Elvis Nolasco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/443/161443564_314108.jpg)
Elvis Nolasco
Best movies:
Che: Part One (2008)
Oldboy (2013)
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Germar Terrell Gardner
Best movies:
Leo (2023)
The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
![Tonye Patano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777752_8a2b02.jpg)
Tonye Patano
USA
Best movies:
The Hurricane (1999)
Jack of the Red Hearts (2015)
Imaginary Heroes (2004)
![Curtiss Cook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/835/160835939_af2d04.png)
Curtiss Cook
USA
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
City Island (2009)
The Interpreter (2005)
Kevin Phillips
Best movies:
Notorious (2009)
Blood and Bone (2009)
Delirious (2006)
![Mitchell Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/807/162807645_03ae20.jpg)
Mitchell Edwards
Best movies:
Dismissed (2017)
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
The First Purge (2018)
Taliyah Whitaker
Best movies:
The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
Sean Ringgold
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Notorious (2009)
Before I Disappear (2014)
![Cindy Cheung](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/016/163016005_20773a.jpg)
Cindy Cheung
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
My Love Affair with Marriage (2022)
Red Doors (2005)
Eden Duncan-Smith
USA
Best movies:
Meadowland (2015)
Annie (2014)
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
![Jermel Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/775/162775416_f83e1c.jpg)
Jermel Howard
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Brave One (2007)
All Eyez on Me (2017)
Arnstar
Best movies:
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Miles J. Harvey
Best movies:
The Babysitter (2017)
The Cobbler (2014)
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Meryl Jones Williams
Best movies:
And So It Goes (2014)
Song to Song (2017)
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Caleb Eberhardt
USA
Best movies:
The Post (2017)
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Alphonso Romero Jones II
Best movies:
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Kristin Dodson
Best movies:
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)