There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper ... City,” “Sugar Hill,” and “Above The Rim.” Cooper, who moved to Baltimore in the ...
Barry Michael Cooper, a screenwriter best known for his work in New Jack City and Above the Rim, died on Wednesday, Jan. 22. He was 66. According to Variety, Cooper's death was confirmed by a ...
By Alex Williams Barry Michael Cooper ... drama starring Mr. Snipes, and “Above the Rim,” a basketball drama starring Tupac Shakur as a dealer; Mr. Cooper wrote it with Benny Medina and ...
Matthew Cooper, Son of Barry Michael Cooper NEW YORK ... Best known for penning the Harlem Trilogy films—New Jack City, Sugar Hill, and Above the Rim—Cooper’s storytelling illuminated the complexities ...
Barry Michael Cooper ... and Tupac (Above the Rim.) Though he lived much of the last decades of his life in Baltimore, he was Harlem to his core." Michael A. Gonzales, who co-wrote the important ...
It would not be possible for Black people to be celebrated the way we are today without those who paved the way before us, ...