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The Cool World is a 1963 feature film directed by Shirley Clarke about African-American life in the Royal Pythons, a youth gang in Harlem. In 1994, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
- Wiseman Film Productions
The Cool World: Directed by Shirley Clarke. With Rony Clanton, Carl Lee, Yolanda Rodríguez, Clarence Williams III. A look at the horrors of Harlem ghetto slum life filled with drugs, violence, human misery, and a sense of despair due to the racial prejudices of American society.
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- Crime, Drama
- Shirley Clarke
- 1964-11-02
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Mar 5, 2024 · Drama Documentary 1963 1h 45m. Filmmaker Shirley Clarke ("The Connection") directs this powerful, stark semi-documentary look at the horrors of Harlem ghetto slum life filled with drugs, violence, human misery, and a sense of despair due to the racial prejudices of American society.
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- Shirley Clarke
Cool World is a 1992 American live-action/ adult animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi and written by Michael Grais and Mark Victor. Starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne and Brad Pitt, it tells the story of a cartoonist who finds himself in the cartoon -like universe he thinks he created, but has existed long before.
- July 10, 1992
- Frank Mancuso Jr.
The Cool World. When Duke (Hampton Clanton), a 15-year-old member of the gang Royal Pythons, decides he needs a gun to survive on the streets of Harlem, he visits a local thug named Priest...
- (12)
- Drama
Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A young Harlem man rises to power in his street gang after taking inspiration from a Black Muslim preacher who spreads a dogma of hate against white oppressors. Cast & Crew. Read More. Shirley Clarke. Director. Hampton Clanton. Richard "Duke" Custis. Yolanda Rodriguez.
