Carmen: A Hip Hopera is a 2001 American musical romantic drama television film produced by MTV and directed by Robert Townsend. Starring Beyoncé Knowles in her debut acting role (predating … See more

• Mekhi Phifer as Sgt. Derek Hill (Don José)
• Beyoncé Knowles as Carmen Brown (Carmen)
• Mos Def as Lt. Frank Miller (Zuniga)
• Rah Digga as … See more

Carmen: A Hip Hopera, as a remake, mostly resembles the 1954 version starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte titled Carmen Jones, which itself was a remake of the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. The film exercised a common role for African … See more

A accompanying soundtrack for the project was released on June 12, 2001. Reception was mixed, with Steven Oxman from Variety both celebrating an attempt to "bridge a gap that had seemed impassable" between opera and hip-hop, and remarking that … See more

The film received mainly mixed reviews. AllMovie graded it with two-and-a-half out of five stars. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 50% from 6 reviews. See more

• Carmen: A Hip Hopera at IMDb
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