Higher Learning 1995

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 126 min

genre: political

theme: gang

director: John Singleton

Score: 5 / 10

Higher Learning is a 1995 American political drama film written and directed by John Singleton and starring an ensemble cast. The film follows the changing lives of three incoming freshmen at the fictional Columbus University: Malik Williams (Omar Epps), a track star who struggles with academics; Kristen Connor (Kristy Swanson), a shy and naive girl; and Remy (Michael Rapaport), a lonely and confused man seemingly out of place in his new environment.

Plot

Columbus University freshmen Kristen Connor, a friendly but naïve white woman from Orange County, California, and Malik Williams, a black high-school track star on an athletic scholarship, attend a dorm party hosted by Fudge White, a senior and militant Afrocentric activist who has been attending the university for six years. Fudge's roommate Remy, a quiet white man from Boise, Idaho and fellow freshman, contacts the campus police to break up the party due to the loud rap music which is interfering with his studying. Fudge argues that the police unfairly target black students while ignoring white students playing loud "hillbilly" music.

Cast

More details

author	John Singleton
director	John Singleton
editor	Bruce Cannon
genre	crime drama political
keywords	american flag assault athletic scholarship black people christopher columbus college student cry date frat boy frat party hatred hillbilly isolated kill meet orange county california phone call political science racial slur rap music recent events science class shoot sniper rifle social status spell superimpose track star turn video game walk west west indies white supremacists white supremacists/neonazis white supremacy white woman win write
musicBy	Stanley Clarke
producer	John Singleton Paul Hall
productionCompany	Columbia Pictures
publisher	Sony Pictures Releasing
recordedAt	Los Angeles
theme	gang lgbt-related race and ethnicity rape romantic drama