Light It Up
In an urban Queens high school students, Lester DeWitt (Usher Raymond), who lost his father, his best friend, artist Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone (Robert Ri'chard), hard-working Stephanie Williams (Rosario Dawson), criminal Rodney J. Templeton (Fredro Starr), rebellious pregnant Lynn Sabatini (Sara Gilbert), and hustler Robert Tremont a.k.a. "Rivers" (Clifton Collins, Jr.), attend the history class of the caring Ken Knowles (Judd Nelson). The room is freezing so Mr. Knowles takes them to the principal's office, where Principal Allen Armstrong (Glynn Turman) tells Knowles to take them "anywhere".
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Genre: | Drama, Thriller |
| Country: | United States |
| Produced By: | Helena Echegoyen, Bridget D. Davis, Tracey E. Edmonds, David A. Starke, Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds |
| Directed By: | Craig Bolotin |
| Written By: | Craig Bolotin |
| Cast: | Artel Great, Trae Ireland, Bob Minor, Usher Raymond, Jennifer Say Gan, Eddie J. Fernandez, Rhomeyn Johnson, Rosario Dawson, Clifton Collins Jr., Liza Cruzat, Sharif Atkins, Richard Pierre-Louis, Vanessa Williams, Sara Gilbert, LeShay N. Tomlinson, Fredro Starr, Amy Landecker, Judd Nelson, Christian Picciolini, Glynn Turman, Adam Gifford, Robert Ri'Chard, Mellonie Mendoza, Tara Hickey, Erica Hubbard, Llou Johnson, Forest Whitaker, Frank Dominelli, David Michael Fordham, Kevin R. Kelly, Reggie Theus, Angie Grace, Rick Johnson, Rengin Altay, Velma Austin, Marvin Nelson, Vic Polizos, Donna Hanover, Gaddiel Otero, Stephen R. Key, Eric Aviles, Dale Rivera, Daren Flam, La Taunya Bounds, Deborah J. Crable, Kevyn Morrow, Erick Esteban, Olumiji Olawumi, Eriq F. Prince, Melissa Gonzalez |
| In Theaters: | Nov 10, 1999 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 39 minutes |
| Production: | Edmonds Entertainment Group (EEG), Fox 2000 Pictures |
| Budget: | $13,000,000 |
| Box Office: | $5,985,690 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
