A tale of interracial romance between a young Hasidic woman and a Rastafarian rapper, "Brooklyn Babylon" is a well-intentioned effort that unfortunately suffers from melodramatic excess and overly familiar themes. Set in Crown Heights, the Brooklyn neighborhood that in 1991 erupted in violence between African-Americans and Hasidic Jews, the film depicts the uproar that ensues after a relationship develops between Sol (Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter from the band the Roots) and Sara (Karen Goberman) after they are involved in a car accident that nearly leads to a riot. The burgeoning courtship is depicted with a delicate sensitivity, most notably in such scenes as when Sara tentatively and delightedly touches Sol's impressive dreadlocks, and in the inevitable nude love scene, which is marked by a gentle eroticism.

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