In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
Direction
Schultz captures Chicago summer like a love letter and warning.
Sound
Motown soundtrack so perfect it hurts — every song hits.
Writing
Dialogue that rings true, funny, then suddenly devastating.
Director
Michael Schultz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'belly rub' prom and men's room crap game were real details from screenwriter Eric Monte's own Cooley Vocational High experience.
Released the same year as 'Jaws,' this was supposed to launch Black prestige cinema — instead it became a cult classic while Hollywood forgot.
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