Squeeze (1997)

Ty, Hector, and Bao are close friends in a tough section of Boston, where they’re called “the PG-13 crew.” They’re 14, decent kids with few skills who’ve bailed out of school. A small gang of older tough guys, led by Marcus and Tommy, menace them, and when the PG-13s fight back and rob one of the gang, Marcus and Tommy vow to kill them. They seek protection from Derick, a drug dealer, who agrees to help if they’ll sell drugs. Meanwhile, Ty is recruited to work at a community center by J.J., its quiet leader. Ty and his friends are in a squeeze: surrounded by violence, drugs, and no opportunities, is there any way out?
Robert Patton-Spruill
Tyrone Burton, Eddie Cutanda, Phuong Duong, Geoffrey Rhue, Russell G. Jones, Leigh Williams, Robert Agredo, Beresford Bennett, Jennifer Maxcy, Harlem Logan, Diane Beckett, Ingrid Askew, James Spruill, William K. Butler, Daryl Bugg, Maleah Liggins, Pinky Lugo, Milagros Jones, Catherine Oberg, Sean Henderson, Johnny Henderson, Lynda Patton, Georgette Leslie, Bruce-Robert Serafin, Gerry Nuzollo, Jessica Edwards, Victor Nunez, Alfredo Rivera, John Bonaparte, Juanita Rodriguez, Monique Douglas, Sparkle Henderson, Nicole Kelly, Melissa Khomblassen, Aaron Stewart, Roy J. Lynch, Maximillian Cutler
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