A tight knit group of young high school athletes have a terrible crash after winning the state championship -- a catastrophe that will shape all their lives. But as adults, some 15 years later, they come together again for a reunion that will open olds wounds, expose long-hidden secrets -- and pave the road to forgiveness and redemption.
Acting
Jermaine Crawford's wounded pride hits different.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like Black men talking, not performing.
Director
Alton Glass
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Alton Glass's feature debut after years directing music videos for T.I. and Ludacris — you can feel that visual rhythm in the flashback sequences.
Cru arrived during a wave of 2010s Black indie dramas (Blackbird, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete) that struggled to find theatrical distribution despite festival buzz — it's basically streaming-era buried treasure now.
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