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The Cool World (1963)

G (CA) | USA | English | 105 min
Directed by: Shirley Clarke
6.4

Filmmaker Shirley Clarke ("The Connection") directs this powerful, stark semi-documentary look at the horrors of Harlem ghetto slum life filled with drugs, violence, human misery, and a sense of despair due to the racial prejudices of American society. There is no patronizing of the black race in this cinematic cry for justice. A fifteen-year-old boy called Duke is ambitious to buy a "piece" (a gun) from an adult racketeer named Priest, to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to return them to active "bopping" (gang fighting) which has declined in Harlem. It is a clearly patent allegory of an attempt by Duke to attain manhood and identity in the only way accessible to him - the antisocial one.

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Golden Lion

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Release Date
Italy
(Venice Film Festival)
1963-09
USA
(New York City, New York)
1964-04-20
UK
No data
1964-11-02
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)
The Cool World
(Original title)
The Cool World
Ecuador
Harlem Story
France
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Parent Guide
Sex & Nudity
Moderate
Violence & Gore
Moderate
Profanity
Severe
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Moderate
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Moderate