The Hood — the word is a hip-hop reduction of “neighborhood” — is Crenshaw ... Yet John Singleton, whose powerful “Boyz N the Hood” is the most penetrating examination of the Crenshaws ...

By Duane Byrge On July 12, 1991, Columbia brought John Singleton’s R-rated drama Boyz n the Hood to theaters ... acknowledging that in this drive-by neighborhood he’ll not last beyond his ...

Upon its release 25 years ago, on July 12, 1991, "Boyz N the Hood" was recognized as an instant ... omnipresent police helicopters patrolling the neighborhood. Singleton never actually shows ...

All of Boyz N the Hood was shot in the houses and on the streets of South Central. Even though Singleton and others in the cast and crew called the neighborhood home, filming there was a bit more ...

Boyz n the Hood was writer/director John Singleton’s first film, and to say that the young artist nailed it would be an understatement. The story takes place in an all black neighborhood plagued ...

Singleton eventually made his own movie, "Boyz N the Hood," a searing coming-of-age story set in a neighborhood overrun with gangs, drugs and automatic weapons. Originally released 25 years ago ...

Last summer, my little sister shared with me that she watched “Boyz n the Hood” for the first time ... the normalcy of gun violence in this neighborhood with four children talking about ...