Poetic Justice

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film romantic drama film

Poetic Justice is a 1993 romantic drama film starring Janet Jackson as a grieving young poet who finds healing and love on a road trip from Los Angeles to Oakland.

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Boyz n the Hood 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
cinematographyBy Peter Lyons Collister ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Singleton ⓘ
directorPreviousFilm Boyz n the Hood ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Bruce Cannon ⓘ
featuresTheme African-American life ⓘ
grief ⓘ
healing ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
Oakland ⓘ
followsWork Boyz n the Hood ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
road movie ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasPoetryBy Maya Angelou ⓘ
hasSoundtrackAlbum Poetic Justice: Music from the Motion Picture ⓘ
mainCharacter Justice ⓘ
Lucky ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Stanley Clarke ⓘ
notableFor Janet Jackson film acting debut in a leading role ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Janet Jackson ⓘ
Tupac Shakur ⓘ
producer John Singleton ⓘ
Steve Nicolaides ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
publicationYear 1993 ⓘ
releaseDate 1993-07-23 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 109 ⓘ
screenwriter John Singleton ⓘ
setInLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
Oakland ⓘ
setInPeriod 1990s ⓘ
starring Janet Jackson ⓘ
Jennifer Lewis ⓘ
Joe Torry ⓘ
Lori Petty ⓘ
Maya Angelou ⓘ
Q-Tip ⓘ
Regina King ⓘ
Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Tyra Ferrell ⓘ
writer John Singleton ⓘ

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Tupac Shakur → filmography → Poetic Justice ⓘ
Again → isOriginalSongForFilm → Poetic Justice ⓘ
Angela Bassett → notableWork → Poetic Justice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boyz n the Hood
Janet Jackson → notableWork → Poetic Justice ⓘ
Jenifer Lewis → notableWork → Poetic Justice ⓘ
Regina King → notableWork → Poetic Justice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boyz n the Hood
Regina King → notableWork → Poetic Justice ⓘ
Again → usedIn → Poetic Justice ⓘ