Drumline
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A cocky street drummer from Harlem earns a music scholarship to a Southern university but clashes with his drumline's rigid hierarchy.
Why watch: Zoe Saldaña's feature debut, before she became a blockbuster icon.
Cast
Nick Cannon as Devon Miles
Zoe Saldaña as Laila
Orlando Jones as Dr. Lee
Leonard Roberts as Sean Taylor
GQ as Jayson
Jason Weaver as Ernest
Earl Poitier as Charles
Candace Carey as Diedre
Shay Roundtree as Big Rob
Miguel A. Gaetan as Trey
J. Anthony Brown as Mr. Wade
Afemo Omilami as President Wagner
Tyreese Burnett as Henry
Brandon Hirsch as Buck Wild
Angela Elayne Gibbs as Dorothy Miles
Crew
Charles Stone III — Director
Shawn Schepps — Screenplay
Tina Gordon — Screenplay
Jody Gerson — Producer
Dallas Austin — Executive Producer
Timothy M. Bourne — Producer
Greg Mooradian — Executive Producer
Wendy Finerman — Producer
Shane Hurlbut — Director of Photography
Patricia Bowers — Editor
Bill Pankow — Editor
John Powell — Original Music Composer
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