some day and we will walk in the ray of a beautiful sun . some day and when the world be much brighter the 5 stairsteps o o h childmovies about black teenager usually involve inner city gang deal drug or commit violence to a hip hop soundtrack . film about the everyday problem of ordinary inner city teen be hard to find and yet there be an undiscovered gem that i would like to recommend . our song and by jim mckay be about three girl in the crown height section of brooklyn who learn that their high school will be close for asbestos removal and must decide on their future direction and one that may involve go their separate way . the story be tell from the point of view of a 15 year old and not from an adult reminisce about the past a in most come of age movie . avoid the mandatory street slang and excessive use of f word and it deliver an honest and love portrait of three friend at a crossroad in their life . the girl represent lanisha ( kerry washington ) and joycelyn ( anna simpson ) and and maria ( melissa martinez ) be in their sophomore year at the local high school . they be active member of the jackie robinson stepper and a real life march band whose rehearsal for a labor day parade provide discipline and purpose to their life . similar to david gordon green george washington but less stylize and the film showcases non professional black and latino actor with kerry washington a the standout . while the performance have some amateurish moment and i become so involved with the story that i forget the girl be even act . maria and whose father be in jail and have learn that she be pregnant by terrell and a local student . she want to have the baby in spite of the fact that she be only 15 and know that terrell be probably not go to be of much help . joycelyn work in an up scale dress shop but dream about become a singer . in a very poignant scene in her bedroom and she pretend to be talk to her fan and then lie down in bed to recite one of her poem . she be close to lanisha and maria at the beginning but drift off to make friend outside of the neighborhood . none of the girl receive much support at home and maria be too afraid to even tell her mother about her baby . yet and the single mom be not typical movie deadbeat or alcoholic . they be warm and loving parent whose time with their child be limited because of the pressure of support the family . lanisha parent be divorce but she be able to visit her father and a doorman in a luxury apartment building and talk about music . her mother be comfort when lanisha learn that a friend in the neighborhood have commit suicide and a somewhat melodramatic plot point in an otherwise realistic film . a the summer wind down and the girl drift apart and each decides on a different course . there be no big dramatic moment and however and only the sad recognition of the inevitability of change . though we do not have blinder on about the frustration that may await them and we identify with their hope and dream without dwell on the negative . our song be an emotionally satisfying film about grow up in the project that refuse to see life in any term other than possibility .