Beyoncé's starred in several major productions but the first film was an MTV made for TV movie, Carmen: A Hip Hopera. The cast was all-Black and received fair reviews from critics. But MTV executives ...

tells the story of a stunning gypsy seductress and a soldier so obsessed with her that he leaves his regiment to be with and worship her. Despite his sacrifices and adoration, Carmen cannot commit to ...

Robert Townsend wanted to blindly hire Beyoncé to star as Carmen Brown in the MTV film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, and watched Queen Bey “blossom” right before his eyes. In conversation with Lena Waithe ...

To all who suffered through the 88 minutes of torture that was Beyoncé’s 2001 flop, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, and to all who endured — chapter by merciless chapter — all twelve segments of R. Kelly’s ...

Hey all,<BR><BR>I was visiting my family in CT over the holidays and caught a radio commercial that said something like, "new music genres...Hip Hopera." And then they played about 30 seconds of what ...

Beyoncé Knowles Carter was visibly shaking during her first acting audition at age 19 according to director Robert Townsend who cast her in MTV’s 2001 film Carmen: A Hip Hopera. The filmmaker recently ...