On this Tony’s Timeless Thursdays, we revisit a film that shook America awake in 1991—and still echoes with power, pain, and prophetic truth in 2025: Boyz n the Hood. Written and directed by John Singleton, who became the youngest and first Black director ever nominated for an Academy Award, this film was more than a coming-of-age drama—it was a cultural lightning rod, a cry for help, and a call for change.