''First Time Felon'' is a 1997

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

film starring

Omar Epps Omar Hashim Epps (born July 20, 1973) is an American actor, rapper, and producer. He has been awarded nine NAACP Image Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, one MTV Movie Award, one Black Reel Award, and one Screen Actors Guild Award. Epps's film role ...

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A young inexperienced drug dealer and

Vice Lords The Almighty Vice Lord Nation (Vice Lords for short, abbreviated AVLN) is the second-largest and one of the oldest street and prison gangs in Chicago, Illinois. Its total membership is estimated to be between 30,000 and 35,000. It is also one of ...

gang member, Greg Yance (

), is arrested for drug possession in his hometown, Chicago. Because of Yance having five grams of drugs under his belt at the time of arrest, he is facing a five-year prison sentence with no parole for drug trafficking. Because it is his first offense, he is offered an alternate sentence of 120 days in an intensive

boot camp Boot camp may refer to: Training programs * Boot camp (correctional), a type of correctional facility for adolescents, especially in the U.S. penal system * Boot camp, a training camp for learning various types of skills ** Dev bootcamp, a de ...

. Throughout the boot camp, an experienced drill sergeant, Sergeant Calhoun (

Delroy Lindo Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an English-American actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as a NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics' Ch ...

), continues pressuring Yance to follow through with the camp. Sergeant Calhoun's brutal methods breed resentment in Yance and other inmates.

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as Greg Yance *

as Calhoun *

Lucinda Jenney Lucinda Jenney (born April 23, 1954) is an American actress. Early life Jenney was born in Long Island City in 1954. Career She began her acting career in 1979 with the film ''Impostors''. Several roles followed throughout the 1980s, with app ...

as Sharon *

Rachel Ticotin Rachel Ticotin Strauss is an American film and television actress. She has appeared in films such as ''Fort Apache, The Bronx''; '' Total Recall'', ''Falling Down'', and ''Con Air''. She has appeared in the NBC legal drama '' Law & Order: LA'' as ...

as McBride * William Forsythe as Sorley * Jo D. Jonz as Pookie *

Treach Anthony Criss (born December 2, 1970), better known by his stage name Treach, is an American rapper and actor. He is perhaps best known as the lead rapper of the hip hop group Naughty by Nature. Career With Naughty by Nature, Treach worked ...

as Tyrone * Pepa as Laverne *

Justin Pierce Justin Charles Pierce (March 21, 1975 – July 10, 2000) was an American-British actor and skateboarder who grew up in the U.S. He is best known for his roles as Casper in the 1995 film ''Kids'' and Roach in the 2000 film ''Next Friday''. On Ju ...

as Eddie *

Gary Anthony Williams Gary Anthony Williams (born March 14, 1966) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He voiced the character of Uncle Ruckus on '' The Boondocks'', and a number of video game characters. He also appeared on the television series '' Weeds' ...

as Wallace *

Badja Djola Badja Medu Djola (born Bernard Bradley; April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005) was an American actor from Brooklyn, New York who worked primarily within black film. He is best known for ''Mississippi Burning'', ''Penitentiary'', ''A Rage in Harle ...

as Disciple Leader *Robin Michelle McClamb as Greg's Mother (credited as Robin Vaughn) *Tom Nowicki as Hogan *Kristen Jones as Crystal * Ed Grady as Johnny the Farmer *Deborah Hobart as Annie Hill *Johnell Gainey as Nine *K. Addison Young as Wolf *Roger Ranney as Guardsman Jones *

Charles S. Dutton Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the television series '' Roc'' (1991–1994) and the television film ''The Piano Lesson'' (1995), the latter of which earned him a ...

as Inmate *

Clifton Powell Clifton Powell (born March 16, 1956) is an American actor who primarily plays supporting roles in films, such as in '' Ray'' (2004), for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture nomination. Car ...

as King

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Green Cove Springs, Florida Green Cove Springs is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,378 at the 2000 census. As of 2010, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 6,908. The city is named after the porti ...

. Filmed also in Cincinnati Ohio and Jacksonville Florida

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