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The Jungle

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Duration22 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateJan 1, 1967

Overview

In 1967, a group of African-American teenagers in Philadelphia made a hybrid documentary/dramatization of their lives in the 12th and Oxford Street gang. In 1968, The Jungle, one of the first films in the US directed by youth detailing the inner workings of their own gang, went on to win the Documentary Film Award at the Festival de Popoli, Italy.

Genres

  • Crime
  • Documentary
  • Drama

Casts

Reginald 'Reggie' Ackridge

Jimmy 'Country' Robinson

Jimmy 'Country' Robinson

David 'Bat' Williams

Charlie 'Brown' Davis