Film Screening: Cooley High (1975)

Variation on "American Graffiti," focusing on black teens in a 1960s Chicago neighborhood as they prepare to leave high school and enter the real world. A vintage Motown soundtrack is included. The screenplay was written by Eric Monte, who also charted similar grounds in the TV sitcom "What's Happening!"

©Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. -107 minutes- PG

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Accessibility
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available for this screening.