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Something New is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sanaa Hamri released in USA on 29 january 2006 with Sanaa Lathan
Something New (2006)
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Add to a movie listSomething New is a 2006 American romantic drama film directed by Sanaa Hamri. The screenplay by Kriss Turner focuses on interracial relationships and traditional African American family values and social customs.
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Kenya McQueen (Sanaa Lathan) is a successful, single African American woman who has sacrificed romance in order to pursue a career as a certified public accountant. Her obsessive compulsive desire for perfection and control has manifested itself in the bland, monochromatic decor of her new home and the rigid rules she follows in her personal life. Urged to loosen up by her friends, Kenya accepts a blind date with landscape architect Brian Kelly (Simon Baker) arranged by her co-worker Leah Cahan (Katharine Towne), who is in the process of planning the kind of wedding Kenya wants herself. The two meet at Starbucks, and she is surprised to discover Brian is white. She quickly excuses herself and leaves.Actors
Sanaa Lathan
(Kenya McQueen)
Simon Baker
(Brian Kelly)
Blair Underwood
(Mark Harper)
Donald Faison
(Nelson McQueen)
Alfre Woodard
(Joyce McQueen)
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