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Light It Up (1999)

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Reviews Counted:5

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Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.2/10

Consensus: Soon into the student uprising, the story starts to feel like a warmed over after-school special.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The topical story of a group of high school students who form a protest when they become fed up with their school's poor conditions. After a shot is accidentally fired and a police officer is... The topical story of a group of high school students who form a protest when they become fed up with their school's poor conditions. After a shot is accidentally fired and a police officer is wounded, the resulting stand-off results in a media frenzy that pits the dirt-digging media against the well-intentioned students. Bolotin's script impressively ignores the racial stereotyping that other films in this genre tend to wear like bad costumes, and the assembled cast of young faces keeps the film engaging throughout. [More]

Starring: Usher Raymond, Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Williams

Starring: Usher Raymond, Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Williams, Marcello Robinson, Sara Gilbert, Robert Ri'chard, Clifton Collins, Judd Nelson, Fredro Starr

Director: Craig Bolotin

Director: Craig Bolotin
Screenwriter: Craig Bolotin
Producer: Tracey E. Edmonds, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams

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