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‘Cooley High’ marks 40th anniversary

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“Cooley High,” the 1975 cult movie classic that came to be known as “The Black American Graffiti” will be saluted during a program that honors the 40th anniversary of this film, during a special screening June 20 from 7 p.m.-2 a.m. at the Man Cave Sports and Entertainment Bar, 3575 W. Cahunega Blvd.

Directed by Michael Schultz, who joined the legendary New York-based Negro Ensemble Company in 1968 and made his directing breakthrough with Lorraine Hansberry’s “To Be Young, Gifted and Black,” “Cooley High” is a 1960s coming-of-age flick that starred Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, and Cynthia Davis.

Considered a classic of Black cinema, its soundtrack featured a new Motown recording, G.C. Cameron’s hit single “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.”

Admission to the screening and ’70s party is $10 in advance and $20 at the door. For information, call (323) 757-7551.

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