Blair Underwood and Jada Pinkett Smith in “Set It Off.” (New Line Cinema) The four of them successfully complete several bank robberies. They hide their money in an air conditioning vent at ...

"Before Set It Off, I was the hot chick. I was out all night, I’d modeled before, and I think people saw me a little bit bougie. Like, the uppity pretty girl. Not knowing that I grew up two ...

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 ...