The film, featuring Sanaa Lathan, gifted us a woman coming into her own as a writer, steeped in the womanist tradition — When did you fall in love with hip-hop? “Simplicity provides a fine line between elegance and plainness,” Dre Ellis recites as he reclines on Sidney Shaw’s couch. Sid is shocked that someone, in particular, Dre, has read and memorized her words. It’s the moment where many viewers of Rick Famuyiwa’s…