Bob Cryer, DeQuan Henderson, Dominic Daniel

In the summer of 1991, racial tensions between African Americans and Hasids in a Brooklyn community reached a boiling point when a Jewish man accidentally killed a black child with his car. This drama...( read more  read more... )tization centers on two unlikely alliances that explosive summer: one between a Hasidic rabbi (Howie Mandel) and an African-American community leader (Mario Van Peebles); the other between black and Jewish teens with a mutual love for hip-hop music.

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Directed by: Jeremy Kagan, Jeremy Paul Kagan

Release Date: December 31, 2002

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DVD Release Date: August 24, 2004

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  • July 21, 2008
    This is suppose to be a true story of a riot that broke out between Blacks and Jews back in 1991 in Brooklyn. The movie seemed more like an after school special. It was a nice touch that they added some real news footage. I thought the movie ended abruptly though.
  • January 21, 2007
    wanna see it i cant wAIT LOL !!!

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