Higher Learning (DVD)

John Singleton's third feature film is a complex and compelling piece. Singleton's first two films, the critically acclaimed "Boyz in tha Hood" and "Poetic Justice, were mainly concerned with inner-city black society, however "Higher Learning" discusses a wide range of issues; individuality, importance of education, political correctness, sexual identity, labels, personal responsability and racial tension, and confirms Singleton's aptitude for social commentary. The pictiure focuses mostly on members of an incoming freshman class at ficticious Colombus University, in particular 3 very different students: Malik (Omar ...

Freshman, Sophomore, Junior or Senior? In this movie, it's not as simple as that. It's a fairly good movie, yet I think it's based a lot around the racism between blacks and whites. Not to mention it's exaggerated. There are obviously other races there, but they don't play a major role in this movie. Also, it appears to be a movie where white people are always the "culprits" and main problems(I'll explain later). I think that this movie portrays typical college life, with protests, charity groups, althetic groups, etc. The main characters deal with racism, knowledge, power, financial problems, grade problems and sexuality. ...