Directed by Michael Schultz and based on the personal experiences of screenwriter Eric Monte, COOLEY HIGH (1975) follows a group of high school seniors – including an aspiring playwright and a basketball star – coming of age in a 1960s Chicago neighborhood. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about COOLEY HIGH. Have Get The Picture delivered...

Adapted from playwright August Wilson’s celebrated play, director George C. Wolfe’s MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM features an iconic cast that includes Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and Colman Domingo – and was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the...

"MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM is at once a soaring tribute to owning your voice and a searing step back in time to expose the challenges of driving change in America. This symphony of genius begins with the musical words of August Wilson and is expanded from stage to screen by the incomparable George C. Wolfe,...