First Time Felon
Directed by	Charles S. Dutton
Written by	Daniel Therriault
Produced by	Len Amato
Starring	Omar Epps, Delroy Lindo
Cinematography	Jeffrey Jur
Music by	Joseph Vitarelli
Production companies	Spring Creek Productions HBO Films
Distributed by	HBO
Release date	1997 (1997)
Country	United States
Language	English

First Time Felon is a 1997 drama film starring Omar Epps.^[1]

Plot

A young inexperienced drug dealer and Vice Lords gang member, Greg Yance (Omar Epps), is arrested for drug possession in his hometown, Chicago. Because of Yance having five grams of drugs under his belt at the time of arrest, he is facing a five-year prison sentence with no parole for drug trafficking. Because it is his first offense, he is offered an alternate sentence of 120 days in an intensive boot camp.

Throughout the boot camp, an experienced drill sergeant, Sergeant Calhoun (Delroy Lindo), continues pressuring Yance to follow through with the camp. Sergeant Calhoun's brutal methods breed resentment in Yance and other inmates.^[2]

Cast

• Omar Epps^[3] as Greg Yance
• Delroy Lindo as Calhoun
• Lucinda Jenney as Sharon
• Rachel Ticotin as McBride
• William Forsythe as Sorley
• Jo D. Jonz as Pookie
• Treach as Tyrone
• Pepa as Laverne
• Justin Pierce as Eddie
• Gary Anthony Williams as Wallace
• Badja Djola as Disciple Leader
• Robin Michelle McClamb as Greg's Mother (credited as Robin Vaughn)
• Tom Nowicki as Hogan
• Kristen Jones as Crystal
• Ed Grady as Johnny the Farmer
• Deborah Hobart as Annie Hill
• Johnell Gainey as Nine
• K. Addison Young as Wolf
• Roger Ranney as Guardsman Jones
• Charles S. Dutton as Inmate
• Clifton Powell as King

Filming Details

Filmed in New York City, Green Cove Springs, Florida, and Jacksonville, Florida