Film
Fakin' Da Funk
1997 · 1h 29m · Comedy · Drama
Finding your roots in the hood ain't easy.
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Overview
Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee -- and Asian exchange student May-Ling, who is housed with a black family -- are trying to adapt to their mostly black neighborhood of South Central.
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Cast
Dante Basco
Julian Lee
Tatyana Ali
Karyn
Pam Grier
Annabelle Lee
Ernie Hudson
Joe Lee
Rashaan Nall
Perry Lee
Tichina Arnold
Tracy
Margaret Cho
May-Ling
Duane Martin
Brandon
John Witherspoon
Bill
Tone Loc
Frog
Kelly Hu
Kwee-me
Rudy Ray Moore
Larry
Bo Jackson
Reverend Cecil
Chris Spencer
Charlie
Reynaldo Rey
Earnest
Nell Carter
Claire
Crew
- Timothy A. CheyWriter · Director · Producer
- Harry K. YooProducer
- Zoltán DavidDirector of Photography
- Charles GrossOriginal Music Composer
- Chris PeppeEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 20, 1997
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- R
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
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