Blackboard Jungle
Richard Brooks / US, 1955 / 101 min.
Rock ’n’ roll, racial tensions, violence and a white teacher (Glenn Ford) who clings to social ideals in a largely black high school in impoverished downtown New York. Sidney Poitier shines in his role as a rebellious, musically gifted pupil.
Opening a film about racial tensions at a New York high school with a rock ’n’ roll number from the soundtrack: this was really ground-breaking. Director Richard Brooks made history with his raw story about an idealistic teacher, Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford), in an interracial school in New York.
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Director
Richard Brooks
Production year
1955
Country
US
Original title
Blackboard Jungle
Length
101 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
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