---
title: 'Poetic Justice (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Singleton'
released: '1993-07-23'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/poetic-justice-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107840/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Poetic Justice (1993)

1993 · 109 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Poetic Justice is a 1993 American romantic crime drama film written and directed by John Singleton. Its plot follows Justice, a poet mourning the loss of her boyfriend Markell (Q-Tip) from gun violence, who goes on a road trip from South Los Angeles to Oakland in a mail truck, along with her friend Iesha and postal workers Lucky and Chicago, in order to deal with depression.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Singleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-singleton)
- **Screenplay:** [John Singleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-singleton)
- **Producer:** [John Singleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-singleton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stanley Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-clarke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Lyons Collister](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lyons-collister)
- **Editor:** [Bruce Cannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-cannon)

## Cast

- [Tupac Shakur](https://cinepixo.com/people/tupac-shakur)
- [Clifton Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-collins)
- [Khandi Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/khandi-alexander)
- [Regina King](https://cinepixo.com/people/regina-king)
- [Tone Lōc](https://cinepixo.com/people/tone-loc)
- [Maya Angelou](https://cinepixo.com/people/maya-angelou)
- [Tyra Ferrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyra-ferrell)
- [Lori Petty](https://cinepixo.com/people/lori-petty)
- [Janet Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-jackson)
- [Billy Zane](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-zane)
- [Q-Tip](https://cinepixo.com/people/q-tip)
- [Michael Rapaport](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rapaport)
- [Maia Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maia-campbell)
- [Joe Torry](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-torry)

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