Cooley High 1975  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis, Corin Rogers, Maurice Leon Havis, Joseph Carter Wilson, Sherman Smith, Norman Gibson, Steven Williams, Jackie Taylor, Maurice Marshall, Christine Jones, Lynn Caridine, Mary Larkins
Set in 1964, this is the story of teens–Preach (Glynn Turman) and basketball star Cochise (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs)–who attend Cooley Vocational High School on Chicago's North Side. With friends Willie, Pooter, and Tyrone (Maurice Leon Davis, Corin Rogers, and Joseph Carter Wilson), they express their youthful emotions by pulling harmless scams around their neighborhood. As they end their last year in high school, they overstep their bounds and are falsely accused of stealing a car after taking a joy ride with hoods. This film became the basis for TV's "What's Happening!" series.
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The Monkey Hu$tle 1976  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Arthur Marks
Cast: Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore, Rosalind Cash, Randy Brooks, Debbi Morgan, Thomas Carter, Donn C. Harper, Lynn Caridine, Patricia McCaskill, Lynn Harris, Fuddle Bagley, Frank Rice, Kirk Calloway
Set, and filmed, in the ghettos of Chicago, this story involves small-time hustler Big Daddy Foxx (Yaphet Kotto) who teaches his "trade" to the younger generation. When their neighborhood is threatened to be torn down to make way for a new freeway, the community comes together to save its homes.
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| 1. Cooley High (1975)
2. The Monkey Hu$tle (1976)
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