Prison Song
Drama
He was her only son. She was his only hope.
Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholarship is taken away, Elijah ends up in a fight that result in the death of another boy. Now, sentenced to a minimum of fifteen years, the young man must find a way to keep his soul alive behind bars or turn into a hardened bitter criminal.
2001-04-27
en
Cast
Director
Darnell Martin
Q-Tip as Elijah Dixon
Mary J. Blige as Mom
Harold Perrineau as Uncle Cee
Fat Joe as Big Pete
Ian 'Blaze' Kelly as Inmate
Javier Nunez as Eugene
Elvis Costello as Public Defender / Teacher
Fisher Stevens as Prosecutor
Snow as Officer McIntyre
Bobbito Garcia as Brown
Hassan Johnson as Jay
Jamie Hector as Phone Kid
Mateo Gómez as Mr. Gonzalez
Ryan Toby as Teacher's Assistant
N.O.R.E. as Big Ski
Patrick McDade as Mr. Lloyd (as Pat McDade)
Jamie Tirelli as Mr. Mercer
Michael Sean Tighe as Cop #1
Nick Sullivan as Financial Aid Advisor
Fidel Vicioso as Polaroid Guy
Gloria Irizarry as Mrs. Williamson
Charles Malik Whitfield as Officer Welles
Ephraim Benton as Rahmel
Vincenzo Amato as Store Owner
Cesar de León as Tyrone
Seth William Meier as Laser Cop #2 (as Seth Meier)
Brian Anthony Wilson as Prison C.O. (as Brian A. Wilson)
Patrick Morrison as Shareholder C.O.
Tony Devon as Prison Guard Lawrence
Kash Goins as Mike (Inmate)
Dakota Anderson as Inmate (uncredited)
Luna Lauren Vélez as Prison Counselor (uncredited)
John Wooten as Prisoner (uncredited)