ok after reading all of the casting calls i've narrowed it down
Santiago : Giancarlo Esposito (he was not young, and had a Latin/AA look to him)
Midnight : Mehki (he was dark, sexy, serious, and had street sense)
The Mother : Jada (with lots of makeup)/ Tamala Jones/Lark Voorhies (she was very dark skinned, and went from being who every YOUNG woman wanted to be to a ball headed crack head)(keywords Dark skinned and Young - remember she was 14 when winter was born)
**If Hallie was a little younger i would say her hands down. She is the only actress i know that can be a crack head or the CLASSIEST/most Amazing lookin woman in any movie
Bullet: Freddro Star (he was a thug that didn't give a f*ck)
Dulce - Rosario Dawson (she was Latin, young and gourgeous)
Natalie and Simone - anyone hot in the a** and GHETTO, and around Winter's age.
The girls at the home - somethin like her friends.
Sista Souljah's little sister - Kayla Pratt (she had a sneakiness to her, and some serious attitude, but with that TOUCH of innocence)
The Siblings: anyone until the end. Her sister (not the twins) has to have some attitude about her when she starts tellin Winter what happened to everyone since she's been locked up. Remember she's like Winter the sequal now!!
As for our main character it is important to give her a YOUNG look (remember she was 16 when her life turned upside down). She was described as being between the colour of her parents (somethin like tatiana m ali) with long soft hair (you know "the good hair"), has LOTS OF STREET ATTITUDE, and BEAUTIFUL (that was her main means of getting by). Basically she needs to be Jada back when she was Leena James on a Different World.
Bianca Lawson /Rayven/ one of those DUFE ladies IF they toughen her up a LOT/Stacey Dash (she's like 39 and can pull off being 21 - maybe Winter at the end?)/or even a newbie (that would be refreshin every once in a while)
tell me what you all think - sorry it was so long
