The Jungle (1967 film)
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| Directed by | Charlie “Brown” Davis Jimmy “Country” Robinson David “Bat” Williams |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
The Jungle is a 1967 short film about gangs made by African American students under the direction of Temple University professor Harold Haskins.
Production
[edit]It was written, shot, acted, recorded and edited entirely by African American teenage gang members Charlie “Brown” Davis, Jimmy “Country” Robinson, David “Bat” Williams in Northern Philadelphia, PA.[1][2]
Legacy
[edit]In 2009, it was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and will be preserved.[3][4][5]
See also
[edit]- The Cool World-1963 film by Shirley Clarke also on the Film Registry
- Gang culture
References
[edit]- ^ MUBI
- ^ The Jungle / Several Friends / The Pocketbook / Grey Area|UCLA Film & Television Archive
- ^ "Thriller and 24 Other Films Named to National Film Registry", Associated Press via Yahoo News (December 30, 2009)
- ^ Library of Congress press release on films named to National Film Registry in December 2009
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-11-17.