Watch Light It Up (1999) Free Online

Release Date: 1999

Cast: Usher, Sara Gilbert, Glynn Turman, Robert Ri'chard, Clifton Collins, Jr., Judd Nelson, Fredro Starr, Vanessa L. Williams, Rosario Dawson, Forest Whitaker

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Melodrama, Coming of age, Teen

Light It Up is a 1999 American drama film starring an ensemble cast that consists of R&B singer/actor Usher Raymond (in his first leading role), Rosario Dawson, Forest Whitaker, and Vanessa L. Williams. The film was written and directed by Craig Bolotin, and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife Tracy Edmonds. The film was released on November 10, 1999 and was rated R by the MPAA for "language and violent content." The film starts off in an urban neighborhood in Queens, the events are narrated by Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone (Robert Ri'chard), who introduces his former... MORE

Light It Up is a 1999 American drama film starring an ensemble cast that consists of R&B singer/actor Usher Raymond (in his first leading role), Rosario Dawson, Forest Whitaker, and Vanessa L. Williams. The film was written and directed by Craig Bolotin, and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife Tracy Edmonds. The film was released on November 10, 1999 and was rated R by the MPAA for "language and violent content." The film starts off in an urban neighborhood in Queens, the events are narrated by Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone (Robert Ri'chard), who introduces his former classmates/friends at Lincoln High School: Lester DeWitt (Usher), who lost his father; and hard-working Latino student Stephanie Williams (Rosario Dawson), who is ignoring Lester due to the fact that she does not want to go steady with him. Other characters include gangster/thug Rodney (Fredro Starr) who gets into fights with other students; rebellious classmate Lynn (Sara Gilbert) who is already a couple of months pregnant; and Rivers (Clifton Collins, Jr.), a close friend of Lester and Ziggy. The film later introduces police officer Dante Jackson (Forest Whitaker) as he tries to arrest Lester after a LESS