“The Hate U Give” (*** out of four) was a searing drama about a high-school student (Amandla Stenberg in an Oscar-caliber performance) who witnesses the death of her childhood friend by a police officer and features pressure from her family, from her community, and her own inner conflicted struggle to stand up and do what is right but she finds this is a very complicated decision. Multi-faceted multi-character drama tackles incendiary subject matter without taking any easy ways out and offers viewpoints from all sides. Stenberg is sensational in the lead role and is surrounded by strong supporting cast including Anthony Mackie as a violent neighborhood drug dealer, Common as her uncle who is a cop, and Russell Hornsby as her reformed ex-con father.