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Cooley High
Cooley High, Glynn Turman,Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs,Garrett Morris,Cynthia Davis,Corin Rogers,Maurice Leon Havis,Joseph Carter Wilson,Sherman Smith,Norman Gibson,Maurice Marshall
Original title
Cooley High
director
Michael Schultz
year
1975
Cast
Glynn Turman,Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs,Garrett Morris,Cynthia Davis,Corin Rogers,Maurice Leon Havis,Joseph Carter Wilson,Sherman Smith,Norman Gibson,Maurice Marshall
country
US
genre
drama , comedy , romance , music
plot
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!"