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Light It Up

Rating 6.6 / 10Release November 4, 1999Runtime 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.

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