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.

Light It Up (1999)

★ 6.6/10 November 4, 1999 99 min

DramaThriller

Director: Craig Bolotin  ·  Writer: Craig Bolotin

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.

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Director

Craig Bolotin

Cast

Usher Lester Dewitt Vanessa Williams Audrey McDonald Forest Whitaker Officer Dante Jackson Rosario Dawson Stephanie Williams Robert Ri'chard Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone Judd Nelson Ken Knowles Fredro Starr Rodney J. Templeton Sara Gilbert Lynn Sabatini Clifton Collins Jr. Robert 'Rivers' Tremont Glynn Turman Principal Allan Armstrong Vic Polizos Capt. Monroe Dale Rivera Security Guard (Bob)