Joi Carr is a Professor of English and Film Studies at Pepperdine University, Seaver College, currently serving as the Director of Film Studies and Creative/Program Director of the Multicultural Theatre Project (an interdisciplinary art-based critical pedagogy). She received her PhD from Claremont Graduate University.

List of Credits - Acknowledgments - Preface - Introduction: Shifting Hollywood Terrain: The Iconic Status of Boyz N the Hood - Prologue: "I am an Invisible Man": Boyz and the Literary and Cinematic Imagination - Singleton's Cinematic Voice - Boyz N the Hood: Shifting the Terrain of Urban Cinema - A "Soulful" Director: An Interview with John Singleton - Launching Singleton's Career: An Interview with Steve Nicolaides, Producer - Principal Cast and Crew: Reflective Perspectives on Boyz - Original Boyz Press Kit - Original Screenplay: Boyz N the Hood by John Singleton - Critical Perspectives on Boyz N the Hood - Epilogue Boyz and the Blues: A Legacy of Resistance and Hope - Index.