| School Daze | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Spike Lee |
| Written by | Spike Lee |
| Produced by | Spike Lee |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ernest Dickerson |
| Edited by | Barry Alexander Brown |
| Music by | Bill Lee |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6.1 million |
| Box office | $14,545,844[1] |
School Daze is a 1988 American musical drama comedy film written and directed by Spike Lee and starring Lee along with Laurence Fishburne (credited as Larry Fishburne), Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell. Released on February 12, 1988 by Columbia Pictures as Lee's second feature film, and based partly on his experiences as a student at Morehouse College in the Atlanta University Center during the 1970s, it is a story about undergraduates in a fraternity and sorority clashing with some of their classmates at a historically black college during homecoming week. It also touches upon issues of colorism, elitism, classism, political activism, hazing, groupthink, female self-esteem, social mobility, and hair texture bias within the African-American community.[2]
- ^ "School Daze (1988)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- ^ Penrice, Ronda Racha. "Spike Lee to appear at 30th anniversary 'School Daze' screening at Fox". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved November 15, 2021.