The Jungle is a 1967 short film about gangs made by African American students under the direction of Temple University professor Harold Haskins.
Production
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
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
- The Cool World-1963 film by Shirley Clarke also on the Film Registry
- Gang culture
References
- ^ 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.
