Carmen: A Hip Hopera

About Carmen: A Hip Hopera

An engaged Philadelphia policeman falls in love with a beautiful woman while dealing with a corrupt superior.

Robert Townsend's Carmen: A Hip Hopera is a 2001 music romance film. Mekhi Phifer appears as Hill, Beyoncé as Carmen Brown, Yasiin Bey as Lt. Miller, and Rah Digga as Rasheeda.

Released in May 2001, it runs 85 minutes. Written by Michael Elliot. The story is adapted from a stage production.

Shelv files it under police corruption, love affair, african american romance, and stage adaptation. It carries a PG-13 rating.

The Phantom of the Opera, Doña Diabla, and The Sixth Sense make useful companions to Carmen: A Hip Hopera, all filed under love triangle and based on play or musical.