Higher Learning

1995
15
2h 8m

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6.5/10

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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

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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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6/10

Well-acted episodic generic slice of big-city college

Hard to believe the extremes of the reviews of this film. It's either genius or crap. I found it somewhere in between, and I have to say I enjoyed it, owing mostly to Omar Epps. I believe he's one of the best actors in America right now, and his performance in this movie really made it watchable as far as I'm concerned. Many of the characters were not developed well, and were two-dimensional at best. Rappaport's character, and in fact all the white supremacists, were mere cut-outs and actually painful to watch. I didn't get the good guy/bad guy (name your race -- I think it depends on who's reviewing) theme at all. I think Epps was the protagonist and naturally he was shown in a better light than most of the other characters, black or white. There was some intelligent dialog and some inane dialog. However, it was overall an interesting film and I'm glad I saw it. Not perfect by any means, and with its share of clichés, but a good film nonetheless.