<P> Boyz n the Hood was filmed in (the - then district of) South Central Los Angeles, California from October 1 to November 28, 1990 and was released cinematically in the United States on July 12, 1991 . It was nominated for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay during the 64th Academy Awards, making Singleton the youngest person ever nominated for Best Director and the first African - American to be nominated for the award . </P> <P> The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival . In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry . </P> <P> Ten - year old Tre Styles lives with his single mother, Reva in Inglewood, California . After Tre gets into a fight at school, his teacher informs Reva that Tre is highly intelligent but has a volatile temper and lacks respect . Worried about Tre's future, Reva sends him to live in the Crenshaw neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles with his father, Jason "Furious" Styles, from whom she hopes Tre will learn valuable life lessons and to be able to mature, but assures him he will be permitted to return to her one day . </P> <P> In Crenshaw, Tre reunites with his friends, Darrin "Doughboy" Baker, Doughboy's maternal half - brother Ricky, and Chris, their mutual friend . After chatting for a bit, Furious immediately has Tre rake the leaves off the front lawn . That night, Furious tells Tre that he has him work to teach him how to be responsible . That night, Tre hears his father shooting at a burglar who tries to rob the house . Two policemen arrive an hour later, and while the white officer is civil and courteous, the black one is disrespectful towards Furious . The next day, Tre and his friends go out with Chris who shows them a dead body . While there, a group of older boys in a Watts Crip gang steal Ricky's football and Doughboy tries to retrieve it, but is defeated . While the older boys walk away, one of them gives Ricky his ball back . Later in the day, Furious spends father / son bonding time with Tre, taking him fishing by the seaside and tells the boy more about his life prior to having him, including his military experience in the Vietnam War, in hopes of making his son proud of him . He concludes his story by advising Tre to never join the army, stating that a black man has no place in the army . When returning home, they see Doughboy and Chris being arrested for shoplifting (Doughboy had said earlier on that they were going to the store, but had no money), while Ricky and Tre look on . </P>

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