The Cool World
Summary:
No relation to the later Ralph Bakshi semi-animated feature of the same name, Cool World is set in the meanest sections of Harlem. Hampton Clayton plays Duke, a powerful street gang member who claims that he is motivated by the Black Muslim movement. His subsequent criminal activities are thus not merely for gain, but as a means to declare black supremacy over the white establis... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Hampton Clanton - (Duke)
Yolanda Rodriguez - (Luanee)
Carl Lee - (Priest)
Gary Bolling - (Littleman)
Clarence Williams III - (Blood)
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Review:
Notably ahead of its time, The Cool World examines the rise of the Black Power movement and gang domination in inner-city neighborhoods. It was also the first feature film produced by documentarian Frederick Wiseman, who helped give The Cool World its cinéma vérité feel. Directed in idiosyncratic fashion by Shirley Clarke, the fi... Continue >>
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