Cooley High /

Variation on "American Graffiti," focusing on black teens in a 1960s Chicago neighborhood as they prepare to leave high school and enter the real world. A vintage Motown soundtrack is included. The screenplay was written by Eric Monte, who also charted similar grounds in the TV sitcom &quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Cooley High (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	Krantz, Steve, 1923-2007 (Producer), Arkoff, Samuel Z., 1918-2001 (Producer), Monte, Eric (Screenwriter), Turman, Glynn (Actor), Hilton-Jacobs, Lawrence, 1953- (Actor), Morris, Garrett, 1937- (Actor)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English language soundtrack ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Published:	[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1975]
Subjects:	African American high school students > Drama. Poor teenagers > Drama. Male friendship > Drama. Nineteen sixty-four, A.D. > Drama. Chicago (Ill.) > Drama. African American high school students Male friendship Nineteen sixty-four, A.D. Poor teenagers Illinois > Chicago Drama Feature films Fiction films Comedy films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Comedy films. Fiction films. Feature films. Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

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Summary:	Variation on "American Graffiti," focusing on black teens in a 1960s Chicago neighborhood as they prepare to leave high school and enter the real world. A vintage Motown soundtrack is included. The screenplay was written by Eric Monte, who also charted similar grounds in the TV sitcom "What's Happening!"
Item Description:	Standard screen format, modified to fit TV screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.
Physical Description:	1 streaming video file (107 min.) : sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG.