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Light It Up

Light It Up1999

★6.699 minDramaThriller

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.

Director

Writer

Score

Harry Gregson-Williams

Stars

Usher Vanessa Williams Forest Whitaker

Cast19

Usher
as Lester Dewitt
Vanessa Williams
as Audrey McDonald
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
Dale Rivera
as Security Guard (Bob)
S
Sue Simmons
as WNBC Anchor
LeShay N. Tomlinson
as Student
Adam Gifford
as Cop #2
E
Eriq F. Prince
as Security Officer
M
Marvin Nelson
as SWAT Team Member
Donna Hanover
as Fox News Anchor
Artel Great
as Shakur (uncredited)

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