Cooley High is a 1975 American independent [5] coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows the narrative of two high school seniors and best friends, Leroy "Preach" Jackson (Glynn Turman) and …

'Cooley High' was the basis for the classic 70's sitcom 'What's Happenin!' which aired on ABC from 1976-1979. Even though the show is most famous for the character Rerun, he is not in this film, nor …

This slice-of-life film follows two high school buddies as they hang out and dream of the future while growing up in the projects in 1964 Chicago.

But perhaps the greatest fulfillment of Monte’s childhood promise to bring to the screen heroic Black characters is Cooley High, the 1975 coming-of-age film he wrote that is considered among...

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Chicago, 1964: it’s the end of high school for aspiring poet Preach and his best friend, Cochise, and they have a full slate of extracurricular activities: swinging dance parties, late-night joyrides, and the …

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Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.

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This slice-of-life-film focuses on the lives of two best friends in the 1960s Chicago North Side —Preach (Glynn Turman) and Cochise (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) as their life takes an abrupt turn during the …