Up in Harlem (2004)

In the mean streets of Harlem, there is no escape.

An ambitious girl named Fay Mulberry desperately longs to get out of the drug-infested and violence-ridden New York neighborhood in which she lives. Bright and gifted with promise for a successful future, Fay finds her college hopes dashed when she starts to spend time with a charming drug dealer and is soon faced with a catastrophic turn of events that could forever impede her attempts at success.