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Higher Learning is a 1995 American satirical drama film written and directed by John Singleton and starring an ensemble cast. The film follows the changing lives of three incoming freshmen at the fictional Columbus University: Malik Williams ( Omar Epps ), a track star who struggles with academics; Kristen Connor ( Kristy Swanson ), a shy and ...
With Deja (Tyra Banks), Malik finds a girlfriend, a tutor, and a training partner all rolled into one. Meanwhile, Kristen Connor (Kristy Swanson), a somewhat naive young woman from California, meets a boy named Billy (Jay R. Ferguson) after both have had too much to drink at a beer blast.
"Higher Learning" has no easy answers. In an opening scene, when the black freshman gets on an elevator with the young white student, she instinctively clutches her purse tighter. In a closing scene, we see them able to talk with each other in the aftermath of a campus tragedy.
In John Singleton's powerful portrait of college life in the 1990s, a group of incoming freshmen at Columbus University -- including varsity athlete Malik Williams (Omar Epps), awkward outcast ...
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Sep 17, 2020 · ABOUT HIGHER LEARNING Omar Epps, Michael Rapaport, and Kristy Swanson star as first-term freshmen who get a crash course in diversity, identity and sexuality in writer/director John Singleton's...
Higher Learning (1995) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
John Singleton has re-created the classrooms, frat parties, financial aid offices, rec. rooms, dorm rooms, track, field, and cafeterias of the modern college...
