THE COOL WORLD was produced by Frederick Wiseman and directed by Shirley Clarke and based on the novel by Warren Miller.

released 1964, 104 minutes
B&W

This film is an electrifying revelation of the American problem: the desperate meaning of segregation that will not easily be erased even if every civil rights battle is won for the next ten years…
-James Farmer,

THE COOL WORLD… is a hauntingly bitter, savagely realistic yet not unpoetic look at a world you don't know. You won't be entertained by the film but you will be rewarded - if you don't scare easily. Director Shirley Clarke… has, in every sense, authored a work of art… judged as a documentary study of the world's foremost metropolitan jungle… 'THE COOL WORLD' is an unqualified success.
-Mike McGrady, Newsday

THE COOL WORLD is a loud, long and powerful cry of outrage at the world society has created for Harlem youngsters and at the human condition in the slum ghetto…
-Judith Crist, The New York Herald Tribune


Purchase Prices

Educational
includes public performance rights
VHS - $400.00

16MM Rentals


Upcoming Showings
Monday June 23
at Edinburgh Film Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland