in his breakout role), a 10-year-old being raised by his divorced and struggling professional mother, Reva (Angela Bassett) in South Central, Los Angeles.

It is the coming of age story of Tre Styles (Cuba Gooding Jr. Almost thirty years later, “Boyz n the Hood” feels as fresh and relevant as when it was first released. The confidence of the filmmaking has such an original and unbridled force. And to think a 23 year old wunderkind – John Singleton – was behind the camera – directing his first feature which he also wrote. He is speaking about gentrification, race and America as a whole. The scene takes place in the middle of the film, and it is breathtaking. The above speech is delivered by Laurence Fishburne in the searing “Boyz n the Hood” (1991). You have to think young brother about the future.” Who is it that’s dying out here on these streets every night? Y’all. Yeah the best way you can destroy a people, you take their ability to reproduce themselves. You go out to Beverly Hills you don’t see that shit. For the same reason that there’s a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. “If you want to talk about guns, why is it that there’s a gun shop on almost every corner in this community? I’ll tell you why.

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