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Jul 16, 1999 · A writer reminisces about his youth with his best friends on his friend's wedding day. The film explores themes of friendship, love, and growing up in Inglewood, California, with a mostly black cast and a gentle humor.
- Rick Famuyiwa
- 55
- 3 min
The Wood is a 1999 American coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Rick Famuyiwa and starring Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones and Taye Diggs. It was written by Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd . Plot [ edit ]
- $6 million
- Albert Berger, David Gale, Douglas Curtis, Momita Sengupta, Ron Yerxa, Todd Boyd, Van Toffler
- Robert Hurst
- Steven Bernstein
Jul 16, 1999 · "The Wood" is a sweet, lighthearted comedy about three friends who stick together from high school until a wedding day. Nothing unusual about that, but these are African-American characters, and Hollywood seems incapable of imagining young black men who are not into violence, drugs and trouble. The black middle class, millions of Americans, is generally invisible to moviemakers, who retail ...
Three old friends -- Mike (Omar Epps), Roland (Taye Diggs) and Slim (Richard T. Jones) -- recount memories of their shared childhood in Inglewood, Calif., as they prepare for Roland's wedding to ...
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- Rick Famuyiwa
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- Omar Epps
Jul 18, 2019 · The Wood is a 1999 film by Rick Famuyiwa that follows the lives of three friends from adolescence to adulthood in Inglewood, California. The film depicts their struggles with love, sex, and brotherhood, and is still a relatable and celebrated portrayal of Black culture 20 years later.
- Deasia Paige
A comedy film about a writer's friend's wedding day and his flashbacks to his youth with his best friends in a Black middle class neighborhood. The Wood explores male friendship, rites of passage, and romance with humor and nostalgia.
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