The Jungle (1967 film)

The Jungle is a 1967 short film about gangs made by African American students under the direction of Temple University professor Harold Haskins.

It was written, shot, acted, recorded and edited entirely by African American teenage gang members Charlie "Brown" Davis, Jimmy "Country" Robinson, David "Bat" Williams in Northern Philadelphia, PA.^{[1] [2]} 1967, a group of African-American teenagers in Philadelphia produced a hybrid documentary-drama that depicted their experiences with the 12th and Oxford Street gang. They were responsible for writing, filming, acting, and editing the project themselves.^{[1] [2]}

In 2009, it was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and will be preserved.^{[3] [4] [5]}

• The Cool World -1963 film by Shirley Clarke also on the Film Registry
• Gang culture

• The Jungle at IMDb
• The Jungle essay by Daniel Eagan In America's Film Legacy, 2009-2010: A Viewer's Guide To The 50 Landmark Movies Added To The National Film Registry In 2009-10, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2011, ISBN 1441120025 pages 111-114

• 1967 films
• United States National Film Registry films
• 1967 short documentary films
• Documentary films about African-American gangs
• American student films
• Temple University
• American short documentary films
• 1960s American films
• Films shot in Philadelphia

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