Light It Up (1999) - Movie Details

A neglected high school in Queens, New York. A favorite teacher is suspended. Suddenly, six disparate students - a student council member, a punk-rocker, a hustler, a star basketball player, a gangbanger and a gifted artist - are bound together in a battle none of them ever imagined they would fight.

The students barricade themselves inside the school. As the police, media and eyes of the country zero in on the sensational crisis, the students...

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