Higher Learning

1995
15
2h 8m

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6.5/10

22K

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People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

22K

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Originally, writer, producer, and director John Singleton wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to play Remy, while Michael Rapaport was originally going to play Scott Moss. DiCaprio was cast, but unable to be in this movie because of a scheduling conflict with The Quick and the Dead (1995). So Singleton had Rappaport play Remy once Cole Hauser was cast.

Goofs
Remy says he is from Idaho, but he speaks with a thick New York accent.

Quotes
[after Malik referred to him as a "sell-out"]
Professor Phipps: So, Mr. Williams thinks I am an Uncle Tom, hmmm? Well, well, well. What does that have to do with your ability to place a comma in its proper place or put a period at the end of a sentence, hmmm?

Crazy credits
Unlearn [appears in movie's closing shot, instead of "The End"]

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Bad Company/Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog/Murder in the First/Higher Learning/S.F.W./Strawberry and Chocolate (1995)

Soundtracks
Higher
Written by Ice Cube (as O'Shea Jackson) and Sir Jinx (Anthony Wheaton)
Produced by Sir Jinx
Performed by Ice Cube
Courtesy of Priority Records

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Featured review

Makes you think, which is obviously something Singleton didn't do.

After seeing this film I can't help but wonder what the screenwriting process was for Singleton. Higher Learning is a movie with every cliche I can imagine; really very pathetic. Higher Learning is good for one reason, it forces you to think about racial issues if you hadn't already, but once the glimmer of the racially just manifesto you created wears off, you realize what a load of crap this movie was. Acting was good, even Tyra Banks, who I wasn't expecting anything from, didn't make me want to gouge my eyes out. The story is, as I mentioned, cliche. It's not so bad that you should demand the money back from Blockbuster but if you really want to see a "racially profound" film, choose something else.