Impressive performances and powerful story light up the screen in 'Light It Up'

Light It Up is most comparable to the adolescent hit movie The Breakfast Club. This film, however, is set in a neglected high school in Queens, as opposed to a sunny suburban school. Produced by Tracey Edmonds, this film exhibits the many dynamics found within today's youth. The group of high schoolers we meet consists of a student council member, a punk rocker, a hustler, a star basketball player, a gangbanger, and a gifted artist. All of these students band together and take over the school, looking to find a voice in a world that otherwise trivializes their needs and desires.