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[The Land] is a film that just happens to be directed and written by a Puerto Rican guy with a black dad. It seemed like a very natural, human interaction between people who all just came from one common cesspool of bad luck.

Erykah Badu

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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
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Erica Abi Wright
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