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Light It Up

1999-1h 39min
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6.6 / 10 34

On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.

Directed by Craig Bolotin

Writers Craig Bolotin

Stars Usher Vanessa Williams Forest Whitaker

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Light It Up Trailer

Cast

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Usher

Lester Dewitt
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Vanessa Williams

Audrey McDonald
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Forest Whitaker

Officer Dante Jackson
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Rosario Dawson

Stephanie Williams
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Robert Ri'chard

Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone
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Judd Nelson

Ken Knowles
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Fredro Starr

Rodney J. Templeton
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Sara Gilbert

Lynn Sabatini
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Clifton Collins Jr.

Robert 'Rivers' Tremont
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Glynn Turman

Principal Allan Armstrong
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Vic Polizos

Capt. Monroe
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Dale Rivera

Security Guard (Bob)

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