2 Movies Starring Pras Michel

Turn It Up

Turn It Up

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-09-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.4 (924 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Adetuyi

Cast:

Writer:

Ray 'Cory' Daniels (story)

Chris Hudson (story)

Kelly Hilaire (story)

Robert Adetuyi (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.

Sweet Micky for President

Sweet Micky for President

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-01-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Haiti, Canada

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.8 (20 Reviews)

Director:

Ben Patterson

Cast:

Writer:

Pras Michel (story)

Fullplot:

Music and politics collide when international music star, Pras Michel of the Fugees, returns to his homeland of Haiti following the devastating earthquake of 2010 to mobilize a presidential campaign for Haiti's most controversial musician: Michel Martelly aka Sweet Micky. The politically inexperienced pair set out against a corrupted government, civil unrest, and a fixed election. When Pras's former bandmate, superstar Wyclef Jean, also enters the presidential race, their chances seem further doomed. But with the help of a few friends, including Ben Stiller and former president Bill Clinton, they never give up on their honest dream of changing the course of Haiti's future forever

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