Lori Silverbush and Michael Skolnik's powerful, documentary-style drama draws on the real-life experiences of "at risk" teenage girls. The lives of three very different young women, all from the same crime- and drug-infested Jersey City neighborhood, briefly intersect when they're sentenced to the same juvenile detention center. At first glance, 15-year-old Suzette (newcomer Anny Mariano), who lives at home with her strict mother (Kamilah Forbes) and younger sister (Raven Hamilton), is the most stable of three, but her life takes a bad turn when she falls for older drug dealer Terrell (Clarence "Don" Hutchinson). When Suzette finds out she's pregnant, she decides to ...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
86 mins