School Daze (1988)

Directed by

Spike Lee

Genre

musical film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 114 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Students at a historically black college clash during homecoming week. A fraternity and a sorority fight with other classmates over colorism, elitism, and political activism.

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What happens

School Daze is a 1988 American musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Spike Lee and starring Lee along with Laurence Fishburne (credited as Larry Fishburne), Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell. Released on February 12, 1988, by Columbia Pictures as Lee's second feature film, and based partly on his experiences as a student at Morehouse College in the Atlanta University Center, it is a story about undergraduates in a fraternity and sorority clashing with some of their classmates at a historically black college during homecoming week. It also touches upon issues of colorism, elitism, classism, political activism, hazing, groupthink, female self-esteem, social mobility, and hair texture bias within the African-American community. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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