Light It Up On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant. Details Casts Videos Galleries Posters Title Light It Up Release Date 1999-11-04 Runtime 01 Hours 39 Minutes Genres Drama Thriller Production Companies Edmonds Entertainment Group, Fox 2000 Pictures Production Countries United States of America Usher... Lester Dewitt... Vanessa Williams... Audrey McDonald... Forest Whitaker... Officer Dante Jackson... Rosario Dawson... Stephanie Williams... Robert Ri'chard... Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone... Judd Nelson... Ken Knowles... Fredro Starr... Rodney J. Templeton... Sara Gilbert... Lynn Sabatini... Clifton Collins Jr.... Robert 'Rivers' Tremont... Glynn Turman... Principal Allan Armstrong... Vic Polizos... Capt. Monroe... Dale Rivera... Security Guard (Bob)... Sue Simmons... WNBC Anchor... LeShay N. Tomlinson... Student... Adam Gifford... Cop #2... Eriq F. Prince... Security Officer... Marvin Nelson... SWAT Team Member... Donna Hanover... Fox News Anchor... Light It Up Trailer (Trailer) Original Size (1700x956) Original Size (1000x1483) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (800x1186)