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Cooley High is a 1975 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows the narrative of high school seniors and best friends, Leroy "Preach" Jackson ( Glynn Turman) and Richard "Cochise" Morris ( Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs ).
Jul 5, 1978 · With Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis. In 1964 on Chicago's Near-North Side, the lives of four carefree high school seniors and best friends, including an aspiring playwright and an all-city basketball champion, takes a tragic turn.
Set in 1964 Chicago, "Cooley High" is a slice-of-life tale of high school students coping with the challenges of everyday life and growing up in the shadows of the housing...
Jun 26, 2015 · A classic of black cinema celebrated its 40th birthday on June 25. Cooley High showed a slice of urban life rarely seen in "blaxploitation" movies of the time.
Richard "Cochise" Morris (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs), a local basketball hero, and Leroy "Preach" Jackson (Glynn Turman), who dreams of a career in writing, are likable Chicago high school students ...
In 1964 on Chicago's Near-North Side, the lives of four carefree high school seniors and best friends, including an aspiring playwright and an all-city basketball champion, takes a tragic turn.
Cooley High. 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 stumbling pursuit of romance.
Set in 1964 Chicago, "Cooley High" is a slice-of-life tale of two high school students--best friends--coping with the challenges of everyday life and growing up in the shadows of the housing projects. Glynn Turman and Laurence-Hilton Jacobs star.
Cooley High. 1975 · 1 hr 48 min. PG. Drama · Romance · Comedy. The slice-of-life tale of best friends, coping with the challenges of high school, everyday life, and growing up in the shadows of housing projects.
Dec 13, 2022 · Cooley High was the start of Schultz’s rise in Hollywood, where he may be the longest-working Black director in history. He brought the sensibility of sixties European art films—he has often avowed his love for the work of Franco Zeffirelli, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Ingmar Bergman, in addition to that of Fellini—to movies about Black ...
