It's hard to fault Higher Learning's goals; unfortunately, writer-director John Singleton too often struggles to fit his themes within a consistently engaging story.
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Movie Info
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Director -
John Singleton -
Producer -
Paul Hall , John Singleton -
Screenwriter -
John Singleton -
Distributor -
Columbia Pictures -
Production Co -
New Deal Productions , Columbia Pictures Corporation -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jan 11, 1995, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 1, 2011 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$36.8M -
Runtime -
2h 7m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Stereo