e.tv's announced that they're featuring a festival of movies written and directed by John Singleton in their March line-up.
Here's what's coming up:
Higher Learning (16SVL)On: Saturday 15 March at 22h00
Busta Rhymes lends his support to Omar Epps and Ice Cube in this drama about around three students from different backgrounds who must confront issues of identity, diversity, sexism and escalating racial tensions on a modern college campus.
Their wise lecturer (Laurence Fishburne) is the lone voice of reason in the midst of their confusion.
Made in: 1995
Also in the cast: Michael Rapaport, Tyra Banks
Tagline: Question the knowledge
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Baby Boy ( 16SNVL)On: Saturday 22 March at 21h50
In this drama, Snoop Dogg stars as the paralyzed gangster victim of Jody (Tyrese Gibson), a misguided 20-year-old African American boy-child who is finally forced to face the commitments of real life.
Made in: 2001
Also in the cast: Ving Rhames
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Boyz ‘n the Hood (16SVL)On: Saturday 29 March at 22h00
In his first starring role, Ice Cube appears as gangster ‘Dough Boy’ who is imprisoned for the first time at the age of 12. Cubes character then proceeds to become a full on gangster and ends up killing the guys who kill his brother. He is never rehabilitated throughout the film and the end credits list him as being shot one week later.
Made in: 1991
Also in the cast: Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr, Angela Bassett.
Tagline: Increase the peace
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Other fliks made by John Singleton inlcude:
Poetic Justice (1993)
Shaft (2000)
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Four Brothers (2005)
The A-Team (coming in 2010)
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