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Released
2016 · FILM

The Breaks

Directed by
Runtime
95 min
Drama

Synopsis

Three friends, bonded by their passion for hip-hop, strive to leave their mark on the music industry. In the summer of 1990 in New York City, Nikki, a talented recent college graduate, turns down a law school scholarship to chase her dream of becoming a record executive. She teams up with David, the son of a legendary music producer and her boyfriend, who is working at the city's top R&B radio station. Dee Vee, an aspiring music producer, joins them in their quest, determined to discover the next big rapper on the rise.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John ChimplesShot by Evans BrownScored by Dj PremierDesigned by Judy Rhee

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