Light It Up (1999)
99 min
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.
- Release date
- November 4, 1999
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $13,000,000
- Box office
- $5,985,690
Trailer
Cast
- Usher as Lester Dewitt
- Forest Whitaker as Officer Dante Jackson
- Rosario Dawson as Stephanie Williams
- Robert Ri'chard as Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone
- Judd Nelson as Ken Knowles
- Fredro Starr as Rodney J. Templeton
- Sara Gilbert as Lynn Sabatini
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Robert 'Rivers' Tremont
- Glynn Turman as Principal Allan Armstrong
- Vic Polizos as Capt. Monroe
Crew
- Craig Bolotin · Director
- Craig Bolotin · Writer
- Tracey E. Edmonds · Producer
- Harry Gregson-Williams · Composer
- Elliot Davis · Cinematographer
- Wendy Greene Bricmont · Editor
- Robi Reed · Casting director
- Lawrence G. Paull · Production designer