Higher Learning
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
- Adam Goldberg
- Andrew Bryniarski
- Bridgette Wilson
- Busta Rhymes
- Cole Hauser
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Ice Cube
- J. Trevor Edmond
- Jason Wiles
- Jay R. Ferguson
- Jennifer Connelly
- Kari Wührer
- Kristy Swanson
- Laurence Fishburne
- Michael Rapaport
- Morris Chestnut
- Omar Epps
- Randall Batinkoff
- Regina King
- Timothy Griffin
- Trevor St. John
- Tyra Banks
More details
author | John Singleton |
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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 |