Light It Up is 1999 Drama film starring Grammy-winning R&B singer, Usher Raymond, Golden Globe-winning actress Rosario Dawson, Academy Award-winning actor, Forest Whitaker, and an ensemble cast. The film was written and directed by Craig Bolotin, and written by Forest Whitaker, and produced by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and record producer, Kenneth Edmonds and his wife Tracy E. Edmonds. The film was released on November 10, 1999 and rated R by the MPAA for content, crude humor and violence.
Tagline: They Don't want to be Heroes, They Just want to be heard.
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. When a popular teacher is suspended, a few students protest. Jackson, a new security guard, gets tough. In a scuffle, Jackson's wounded with his own gun and a student takes him hostage. A few kids join in, for various reasons. An ineffective policewoman tries to mediate as the police plan an assault, the kids demand improvements to the school, the media pick up the story, and Jackson turns sympathetic. But are too many forces in motion for the students to stay in control? Written by
