Cooley High

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Cooley High is a 1975 coming-of-age comedy-drama film set in 1960s Chicago that follows a group of Black high school friends navigating adolescence, friendship, and hardship.

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Cooley High canonical 6
Leroy "Preach" Jackson in Cooley High 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn experiences of Eric Monte
castMember Corin Rogers NERFINISHED
Cynthia Davis NERFINISHED
Garrett Morris NERFINISHED
Glynn Turman NERFINISHED
Joseph Carter Wilson NERFINISHED
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Paul Lohmann NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts public high school life in Chicago
social and economic hardship
director Michael Schultz NERFINISHED
distributor American International Pictures NERFINISHED
editedBy Christopher Holmes NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Chicago NERFINISHED
filmRating PG
filmRuntime approximately 107 minutes
follows group of Black high school friends
genre comedy-drama
coming-of-age
teen film
hasCultFollowing true
hasInfluenceOn television series What’s Happening!! NERFINISHED
mainSubject African-American high school students
adolescence
friendship
musicBy Curtis Mayfield NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus coming-of-age of Black teenagers in an urban environment
notableWorkOf Michael Schultz NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
partOf African-American cinema NERFINISHED
producer Steve Krantz NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1975
recognizedAs classic of Black coming-of-age films
releaseDecade 1970s American cinema
screenwriter Eric Monte NERFINISHED
settingLocation Chicago NERFINISHED
settingTime 1960s

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Eric Monte notableWork Cooley High
Eric Monte screenwriterFor Cooley High
Glynn Turman notableWork Cooley High
Glynn Turman notableRole Cooley High
this entity surface form: Leroy "Preach" Jackson in Cooley High
Michael Schultz notableWork Cooley High
Michael Schultz directed Cooley High
Garrett Morris notableWork Cooley High