Overview

Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.

Cast

Tyler James Williams

Chris

Tichina Arnold

Rochelle

Terry Crews

Julius

Imani Hakim

Tonya

Tequan Richmond

Drew

Vincent Martella

Greg Wuliger

Chris Rock

Narrator (voice)