Release Year:
2009MMPA Rating:
NRNetflix Star Rating:
3.5 / 5 StarsAvailable Since:
September 15, 2010Passing Strange
A young black musician named Stew (played by singer-songwriter Stew himself) flees his comfortable middle-class roots in Los Angeles for a soul-searching journey to Europe and gets wrapped up in the music scene of 1980s Amsterdam and West Berlin. The one-of-a-kind Broadway musical, which netted Stew a Tony for Best Book, comes to cinematic life courtesy of film icon Spike Lee. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Cast Summary:
Colman Domingo, Chad Goodridge, De'Adre Aziza, Stew, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Daniel Breaker, Eisa Davis