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.

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.