The Movie That Made Me: NPR’s Sonari Glinton On ‘Cooley High’

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'Cooley High' movie poster via IMDB
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'Cooley High' movie poster via IMDB

The Movie That Made Me: NPR’s Sonari Glinton On ‘Cooley High’

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The film Cooley High came out in 1975, the action took place in 1966, but the characters and the situations they found themselves in still resonate today. Set in Chicago, Cooley High is filled with laughs, tears, struggles and hope. NPR’s Sonari Glinton joins us for the latest edition of our series The Movie That Made Me.