

Marcus is a New York City street kid torn between his friends' criminal activities and a girl trying to keep him out of trouble.
Acting
Brendan Sexton III's wounded, watchful stillness.
Direction
Freeman's documentary-style intimacy on no budget.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like teens talking.

Director
Morgan J. Freeman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Morgan J. Freeman won the Sundance Directing Award at 24; this was his thesis film expanded.
Shot in Albuquerque standing in for NYC to save money, yet the displacement strangely mirrors Marcus's rootlessness.
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