Cooley High

We were friends, a long time ago. Laughin, rappin, chasin girls, obeying no laws, except the law of caring. Basketball days and high nights, no tomorrows, unable to remember yesterday. We live for today...

Hyun

We love Cooley High.

carrieandtracy

An ur-example of the sort of "seeking a way out" films that would proliferate in the 90s, this film has a warmer tone, fueled in no small part by the soul soundtrack and period setting. There's a sense of playfulness rather than impending doom, even if the film has its dark…

Sally Jane Black

Because it’s featured in the opening credits of the 70’s American sitcom What’s Happening, many people discover this film via that route. However, what they find is a much more nuanced and dark film than they expected. This film follows the lives of four black high school…

David Whitman

It’s always fun until consequences come into play. That seems to be the ethos in this particular brand of high school movie — but in this movie’s case, it uses the idea to create an ending that was poignant in 1975 and equally so today.

JK

This picture is absolutely sensational. Performances, photography, editorial, score, costumes. It has it all. Insane that this isn’t one of those 70s films everyone talks about — but unfortunately I think I know why.

Jordan Horowitz

Disillusionment In Sun-Drenched 1970s American New Wave Cinema: A Watching Brief Cooley High has been one of the films I've been looking forward to watching most since I started this project, and I'm pleased to report it didn't disappoint. But actually, perhaps the…

🇵🇱 Steve G 🐝

Deserves a spot among the best high school films ever made, but especially because of the fact that Cooley High isn't so much about the high school drama as much as it is about the high school life. What Michael Schultz creates within this portrait of African-American…

Jaime Rebanal 🇵🇸

Love when you’re watching a movie and think Godzilla’s not in it, then bam! There’s Godzilla

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