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Poetic Justice

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Director: John Singleton Run Time: 109 min. Format: DCP Rating: R Release Year: 1993

Starring: Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King, Joe Torry, Maya Angelou, Tyra Ferrell

A mismatched pair pushed together on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland, Justice and Lucky have only one thing in common: they can’t stand each other. But as their friends Lesha and Chicago fight and make up in the back of the van, Justice and Lucky find themselves reluctantly drawn together. After a surprising detour toward romance, the two travelers are confronted once again by the shocking violence they thought they’d left behind.

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