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In Sylvie’s Love, the jazz is smooth and the air sultry in the hot New York summer of 1957. Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a saxophonist, spends late nights playing behind a less-talented but well-known bandleader, as member of a jazz quartet. Sylvie (Tessa Thompson), who dreams of a career in television, spends her summer days helping around her father’s record store, as she waits for her fiancé to return from war. When Robert takes a part-time job at the record store, the two begin a friendship that sparks a deep passion in each of them unlike anything they have felt before. As the summer winds down, life takes them in different directions, bringing their relationship to an end. Years pass, Sylvie’s career as a TV producer blossoms, while Robert has to come to terms with what the age of Motown is doing to the popularity of Jazz. In a chance meeting, Sylvie and Robert cross paths again, only to find that while their lives have changed, their feelings for each other remain the same. Writer/director Eugene Ashe combines romance and music into a sweeping story that brings together changing times, a changing culture, and the true price of love.
Original Release
12/23/2020
US Release
12/23/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tessa Thompson | Sylvie / Sylvie Parker |
Nnamdi Asomugha | Robert / Robert Halloway |
Eva Longoria | Carmen |
Aja Naomi King | Mona |
Jemima Kirke | Countess / The Countess |
Tone Bell | Dickie Brewster |
Alano Miller | Lacy / Lacy Parker |
Raquel Horsford | Connie |
Tucker Smallwood | Dr. Parker |
Erica Gimpel | Eunice / Eunice Johnson |
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Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tessa Thompson | Sylvie / Sylvie Parker |
Nnamdi Asomugha | Robert / Robert Halloway |
Eva Longoria | Carmen |
Aja Naomi King | Mona |
Jemima Kirke | Countess / The Countess |
Tone Bell | Dickie Brewster |
Alano Miller | Lacy / Lacy Parker |
Raquel Horsford | Connie |
Tucker Smallwood | Dr. Parker |
Erica Gimpel | Eunice / Eunice Johnson |
Ryan Michelle Bathe | Kate / Kate Spencer |
Wendi McLendon-Covey | Lucy / Lucy Wolper |
Lotus Plummer | Michelle |
Rege-Jean Page | Chico Sweetney / Chico |
Lance Reddick | Herbert / Mr. Jay |
John Magaro | Sid / Sid Schuur |
Antonio Wilson | Usher |
Jahdai Pickett | Sonny |
Christian Lagadec | Antoine Fournier |
B.J. Clinkscales | Bartender |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tessa Thompson | Executive Producer |
Emmet Dennis | Executive Producer |
Jay Gaines | Executive Producer |
Akbar Gbajabiamila | Executive Producer |
Bobbi Sue Luther | Executive Producer |
Arinze Okwuadigbo | Executive Producer |
Obinna Okwuadigbo | Executive Producer |
Matt Rachamkin | Executive Producer |
Sidra Smith | Executive Producer |
Carl Daryl Washington | Executive Producer |
Nnamdi Asomugha | Producer |
Eugene Ashe | Producer |
Chijioke Asomugha | Producer |
Jonathan T. Baker | Producer |
Gabrielle Glore | Producer |
Ikenna Mmeje | Producer |
Chigozie Nwadi | Producer |
Chike Okwuadigbo | Producer |
Joe Suarez | Producer |
Matthew Thurm | Producer |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Television Movie | Nominated |
2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Television Movie | Nominated |