- Hurricane Streets
Infobox Film
name = Hurricane Streets
image_size = 200px
caption = VHS cover of "Hurricane Streets"
director =Morgan J. Freeman
producer = Morgan J. FreemanGill Holland Galt Niederhoffer
writer = Morgan J. Freeman
narrator =
starring =Brendan Sexton III Isidra Vega
music =Theodore Shapiro
cinematography = Enrique Chediak
editing = Sabine Hoffmann
distributor =United Artists
released =February 13 ,1998
runtime = 86 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.hurricanestreets.com
amg_id = 1:154578
imdb_id = 0119338"Hurricane Streets" (aka "Hurricane") is a 1997 American
drama film about teens coming-of-age which was the debut feature film from writer-directorMorgan J. Freeman (not to be confused with actorMorgan Freeman ). The film won the Audience, Best Director, and Best Cinematography Awards at the 1997Sundance Film Festival —the first film ever to win three awards at the festival. It was released by MGM and starsBrendan Sexton III andEdie Falco .Plot
Fourteen-year old Marcus (Sexton) is growing in a rough part of New York City, with a single widowed mother who is in prison for murder. He lives with his grandmother, whose work as a bartender gives Marcus lots of unsupervised time to hang out with other teens. The teens spend their time doing mischief and petty crimes such as stealing CDs and running shoes. Before long, the teens begin planning more serious crimes. Marcus' friend Melena (Isidra Vega), who also grew up in a rough, abusive home tries to steer Marcus away from the pathway to crime that he is embarking on.
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