Genre:
Drama, Motion Picture

Cast:
Vanessa Williams as Audrey McDonald, Usher, Rosario Dawson, Judd Nelson

Produced by:
Tracey and Kenneth Edmonds

Directed by:
Craig Bolotin

Timeline:

November 1998, Filming started in Chicago

April 1999, Filming was finished

November 4, 1999, World premiere in L.A                    PICTURE No. [1] | [2]

November 10, 1999, nationwide release in the US

Vanessa´s appearance:
Vanessa plays a hard NYC Police Officer called in to do the negotiating to solve the hostage situation.

What´s special about this one:
The same production team like Soul Food (except Robert Teitel). Babyface and his wife Tracey Edmonds.

US gross - $6 million

"Light it up" Links:
Official "Light it up" moviesite
Official Movie Trailer
Jet Article
Internet Movie DataBase

Story:
Following an accidental shooting in a battered inner city high school, a disparate group of students hold the wounded police officer hostage. As media and public interest in the stand-off intensifies, the classmates unexpectedly band together to help themselves and their school.