From Broadway beginnings as a tween to a lasting legacy, Glynn Turman’s six decade journey as an actor leads to the Hollywood ...

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Thursday honoring actor Glynn Turman for a movie career that has ...

The 1975 film `Cooley High' ushered in a new era of black cinema — one that turned away from the blaxploitation films of 60s and 70s. Academy holds a tribute. News ...

"Cooley High" cost just $750,000 to make, but it earned back $13 million. Its success drew the attention of ABC, which tried to convert it into a sitcom.

Cooley High has been praised by many of the greats in Black cinema, including John Singleton, Spike Lee, and Robert Townsend, who played a small role in the film. “This film is so influential ...

Amid the blaxploitation craze, Cooley High showed a slice of urban life rarely seen on the big screen. It is a bittersweet coming-of-age story set in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project.

That experience was the filming of ”Cooley High,” the warm and humorous coming-of-age story about black teenagers living in the housing projects of Chicago in the early 1960s.

Originally starring Glynn Turman and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Cooley High is a complex tale of high school seniors trying to get out of the South Side of 1960s Chicago. Even with a budget of only ...

Cooley High was demolished in 1981, and Seward Park now stands in the school’s footprint. American International Pictures, an indie studio specializing in low-budget and exploitation films, ...

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.Set in Chicago's Cabrini-Green ...

The group is proposing to purchase and transform Cooley High into a center for children and families to enjoy social, educational, athletic, and economic programs.