| The Cool World | |
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| Directed by | Shirley Clarke |
| Written by | Warren Miller (novel) Robert Rossen (play) Shirley Clarke (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Frederick Wiseman |
| Starring | Hampton Clanton Yolanda Rodríguez Antonio Fargas Carl Lee Clarence Williams III |
| Music by | Mal Waldron (composer) The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (performer) |
Production company | Wiseman Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Cinema V |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Cool World is a 1963 American drama film directed by Shirley Clarke about African-American life in the Royal Pythons, a youth gang in Harlem.[1][2] In 1994, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3][4]
- ^ AFI Catalog. "The Cool World". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ New York Times
- ^ "25 Films Added to National Registry". The New York Times. 1994-11-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-09-21.