The Jungle is a 1967 short film about gangs made by African American students under the direction of Temple University professor Harold Haskins.
Production 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.MUBIThe Jungle / Several Friends / The Pocketbook / Grey Area|UCLA Film & Television Archive
Legacy In 2009, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"."Thriller and 24 Other Films Named to National Film Registry", Associated Press via Yahoo News (December 30, 2009)Library of Congress press release on films named to National Film Registry in December 2009
See also The Cool World-1963 film by Shirley Clarke also on the Film Registry Gang culture
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External links
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, pages 111–114