Joi Carr, Professor of English and Film Studies at Pepperdine University, Seaver College, is the Director of Film Studies and Creative/Program Director of the Multicultural Theatre Project (an interdisciplinary art-based critical pedagogy); serves as the Associate Director/Research Associate for Codex Charles H. Long Papers Project, Moses Mesoamerican Archive, Harvard University and Visiting Scholar/Visiting Professor at Harvard Divinity School. She received her PhD from Claremont Graduate University.

“This wise and pioneering book is the first serious and substantive treatment of John Singleton’s classic film! This film and book speak with great courage and insight into the plight and predicament of young black men. Don’t miss this book!!” —Cornel West Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard University; Professor Emeritus, Princeton University

• List of Credits – Acknowledgments – Foreword: "Singleton Changed My Life" by Stephanie Allain – Preface – Introduction – Prologue – Singleton’s Cinematic Voice – Boyz N the Hood – A "Soulful" Director – Launching Singleton’s Career – Principal Cast and Crew: Reflective Perspectives on Boyz Featured Interviews – Original Boyz Press Kit – Original Screenplay – Critical Perspectives on Boyz N the Hood – Boyz and the Blues – Index.

Joi Carr, Professor of English and Film Studies at Pepperdine University, Seaver College, is the Director of Film Studies and Creative/Program Director of the Multicultural Theatre Project (an interdisciplinary art-based critical pedagogy); serves as the Associate Director/Research Associate for Codex Charles H. Long Papers Project, Moses Mesoamerican Archive, Harvard University and Visiting Scholar/Visiting Professor at Harvard Divinity School. She received her PhD from Claremont Graduate University.

“This wise and pioneering book is the first serious and substantive treatment of John Singleton’s classic film! This film and book speak with great courage and insight into the plight and predicament of young black men. Don’t miss this book!!” —Cornel West Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard University; Professor Emeritus, Princeton University

• List of Credits – Acknowledgments – Foreword: "Singleton Changed My Life" by Stephanie Allain – Preface – Introduction – Prologue – Singleton’s Cinematic Voice – Boyz N the Hood – A "Soulful" Director – Launching Singleton’s Career – Principal Cast and Crew: Reflective Perspectives on Boyz Featured Interviews – Original Boyz Press Kit – Original Screenplay – Critical Perspectives on Boyz N the Hood – Boyz and the Blues – Index.

Joi Carr, Professor of English and Film Studies at Pepperdine University, Seaver College, is the Director of Film Studies and Creative/Program Director of the Multicultural Theatre Project (an interdisciplinary art-based critical pedagogy); serves as the Associate Director/Research Associate for Codex Charles H. Long Papers Project, Moses Mesoamerican Archive, Harvard University and Visiting Scholar/Visiting Professor at Harvard Divinity School. She received her PhD from Claremont Graduate University.

“This wise and pioneering book is the first serious and substantive treatment of John Singleton’s classic film! This film and book speak with great courage and insight into the plight and predicament of young black men. Don’t miss this book!!” —Cornel West Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard University; Professor Emeritus, Princeton University

• List of Credits – Acknowledgments – Foreword: "Singleton Changed My Life" by Stephanie Allain – Preface – Introduction – Prologue – Singleton’s Cinematic Voice – Boyz N the Hood – A "Soulful" Director – Launching Singleton’s Career – Principal Cast and Crew: Reflective Perspectives on Boyz Featured Interviews – Original Boyz Press Kit – Original Screenplay – Critical Perspectives on Boyz N the Hood – Boyz and the Blues – Index.