Set It Off dropped in November 1996, and starred Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Queen Latifah, and Kimberly Elise in her film debut. The movie had a $9 million budget but raked in over $40 million ...

If she had to pick a role that was the hardest for her to say "yes" to, Queen Latifah would say it was Cleo in "Set It Off." Find out why.

Screening on NITV this week, ‘Set It Off’ sees four black women, fed up with their lot in life, take up robbing banks. But the electrifying thriller is just part of a long tradition of women ...