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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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Crew
Directed by: Craig Bolotin, Elliot Davis
Written by: Craig Bolotin
Produced by: Babyface, Tracey Edmonds
Composed by: Harry Gregson-Williams
Cast

Usher
Lester Dewitt

Vanessa Williams
Audrey McDonald

Forest Whitaker
Officer Dante Jackson

Rosario Dawson
Stephanie Williams

Robert Ri'chard
Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone

Judd Nelson
Ken Knowles

Fredro Starr
Rodney J. Templeton

Sara Gilbert
Lynn Sabatini

Clifton Collins Jr.
Robert 'Rivers' Tremont

Glynn Turman
Principal Allan Armstrong
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