Every John Singleton Movie, Ranked

Every John Singleton Movie, Ranked

Seven years after his death, John’s Singleton legacy of giving voice to a young Black generation endures. With his ‘Hood Trilogy’ of films entering the Criterion Collection, we revisit a director who shook American cinema.

John Singleton’s Hood Trilogy: Born and Raised in South Central

In April 1992, John Singleton was en route to the set of his second film when he heard the verdict on the radio. A predominantly white jury had acquitted four police officers who, a year earlier, had been caught on video severely beating Rodney King. The Los Angeles Police Department, which has a long history of racist violence, had once again escaped accountability, enabled by a justice system that has so often failed Black communities. As a Ge…