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Our Song (2000)

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Film details

Featuring

Kerry Washington Anna Simpson Melissa Martinez
Director

Jim Mckay
Country

USA
Year

2000
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Drama. Three teenage girls living in the Crown Heights area of New York City are busy rehearsing with their school's famous marching band, even though it is the height of summer. In addition, they are obliged to clean their apartments, due the lack of help from, or absence of, their parents. They also have to take on part-time jobs to keep afloat. The school announces it will have to close for the foreseeable future, to remove asbestos from the premises, but the girls have more pressing problems to contend with, particularly in the case of one girl, Maria, who finds she is pregnant.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Lanisha Brown
    
    Kerry Washington
  - Joycelyn Clifton
    
    Anna Simpson
  - Maria Hernandez
    
    Melissa Martinez
  - Pilar Brown
    
    Marlene Forte
  - cast member
    
    Ray Anthony Thomas
  - cast member
    
    Rosalyn Coleman
  - cast member
    
    Carmen López
  - cast member
    
    Tyrone Brown
  - cast member
    
    Lorraine Berry
  - cast member
    
    Natasha Frith
  - cast member
    
    Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Jim Mckay
  Production:
  - Presented by
    
    The Independent Film Channel
  - In association with
    
    Beech Hill Films
  - In association with
    
    Journeyman Pictures
  - Production Company
    
    C-Hundred Film Corp
  - Executive Producer
    
    Caroline Kaplan
  - Executive Producer
    
    Jonathan Sehring
  - Executive Producer
    
    Michael Stipe
  - Producer
    
    Jim Mckay
  - Producer
    
    Mezey, Paul
  - Producer
    
    Diana E. Williams
  - Co-producer
    
    Fogel, Alexa L.
  - Co-producer
    
    Joseph Infantolino
  - Associate Producer
    
    Tyrone Brown
  - Associate Producer
    
    Fenderson, Ashaki `Saki'
  - Associate Producer
    
    Susannah Ludwig
  Casting:
  - Casting
    
    Fogel, Alexa L.
  - Casting
    
    Karen Gilman
  - Casting
    
    Jane Lew
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Jim Mckay
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Jim Denault
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Hall, Alex
  Costumes:
  - Costume Designer
    
    Tiel Roman
  Music:
  - Music Supervisor
    
    Julie Panebianco
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Jan Mclaughlin

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