Poetic Justice (1993 film)
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| Directed by | John Singleton |
| Produced by | John Singleton Steve Nicolaides Dwight Alanzo Williams |
| Written by | John Singleton |
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| Music by | Stanley Clarke |
| Cinematography | Peter Lyons Collister |
| Edited by | Bruce Cannon |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million |
| Box office | $27,515,786 |
| Poetic Justice: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||
| Released | June 29, 1993 | |
| Recorded | 1992–1993 | |
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Hip hop R&B West Coast hip hop |
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| Length | 45:51 | |
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New Deal Music Epic Soundtrax |
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| Producer | Various artists | |
| Singles from Poetic Justice: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
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Poetic Justice is a 1993 American romantic drama film starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur with Regina King and Joe Torry. It was written and directed by John Singleton.
The main character, Justice, writes poems which she recites throughout the movie. The poems featured in the film were written by Maya Angelou, and Angelou also appears in the film as one of the three elderly sisters whom the characters meet at a roadside family reunion. The Last Poets make an appearance toward the end of the film.
Poetic Justice reached #1 in the box office its opening weekend, grossing $11,728,455. It eventually grossed a total of $27,515,786.
Jackson received nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, with the Billboard Hot 100 number one song, "Again".
It was later referenced in Kendrick Lamar's single "Poetic Justice", which was titled after and based on the film. The song sampled Jackson's "Any Time, Any Place."
Shakur and fellow actors Lloyd Avery II and Dedrick Gobert would all meet violent deaths after the release of this film.
Justice (Janet Jackson) is a young woman living in South Central, Los Angeles. She was named Justice by her late mother, who gave birth to her while attending law school. After the shooting death of her boyfriend Markell (Q-Tip), Justice falls into a deep depression. She spends the majority of her time in the house she inherited from her grandmother, with her cat White Boy, only going out to her job at a local hair salon. Justice is a talented poet, she reads many of her poems throughout the course of the film, both to other characters and in voice over.
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