The Wood (1999)

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Written by Rick Famuyiwa, Todd Boyd

Directed by Rick Famuyiwa

Production Year: 1999

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Rick Famuyiwa's comedy/drama stars Taye Diggs, Richard T. Jones and Omar Epps, seen meeting up on Digg's wedding day. Or rather, not meeting up - he's done a runner but his friends track him down and as they try to give him the courage to make it to the wedding. Their stories are recounted from their youth in the 80s, when they met at high school and follows them through their rites-of-passage - dating, getting involved in a store robbery by mistake, getting their first jobs. Famuyiwa's debut movie, following three black middle class teenagers, has a certain charm and the three leads are ably supported by a cast including Malinda Williams as the cutest girl in school and Tamal Jones as the ex-girlfriend Diggs seeks refuge with in the Wood rather than the Hood.

Cast

Elayn TaylorRoland's Mother
Image for Omar EppsOmar EppsMike
Image for Richard T. JonesRichard T. JonesSlim
Sean NelsonYoung Mike
Duane FinleyYoung Slim
Trent CameronYoung Roland
Malinda WilliamsYoung Alicia
Patricia BelcherMrs. Hughes
Image for Taye DiggsTaye DiggsRoland
Tamala JonesTanya
De'Aundre BondsStacey
Cynthia MartellsMike's Mother
Wyking JonesCashiers in Mini Mart
Geoffrey BlackshireCashiers in Mini Mart
Jascha WashingtonMike's Brother

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