Boyz n the Hood 4K screening + panel discussion

Name: Boyz n the Hood 4K screening + panel discussion
Start: 2024-11-13T19:15:00-05:00
Location: SteelStacks

Schedule

Wed Nov 13 2024 at 07:15 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

SteelStacks | Bethlehem, PA

The Hip Hop Movie Club Film Series at SteelStacks continues with Boyz n the Hood, presented in 4K! Following the screening is a panel discussion on the social and cultural significance of this 1991 classic.
Panelists:
Ali Y. Akarcesme, Kutztown University
Vernard James, filmmaker
Andrew McIntosh, Northampton CC
Nandini Sikand, Lafayette College

BOYZ N THE HOOD
1991 | R | 1 hr 52 min | Presented in 4K
Directed by: John Singleton
Starring: Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett
Boyz n the Hood is the critically acclaimed story of three friends growing up in a South-Central Los Angeles neighborhood, and of street life where friendship, pain, danger, and love combine to form reality. This film follows of the story of three young men growing up there: Doughboy, an unambitious drug dealer; his brother Ricky, a college-bound teenage father; and Ricky’s best friend Tre, who aspires to a brighter future beyond “The Hood.”