Higher Learning

John Singleton’s Higher Learning presents a college campus, with students from different countries, different races, different cultures, and different sexual orientations, as a microcosm of society as a whole. The three main characters are Malik, an athlete who is not expected to study, Kristen, a middle-class girl who is not as grown up as she thinks she is, and Remy, an isolated young man who can only find a sense of belonging with a group of skinheads. Serious prejudice, intolerance, racism, sexism, date-rape and murder are the backdrops for this tense and fascinating study of humanity. This is a strong-willed, thought-provoking, and emotionally charged film you won’t soon forget by one of the most talented filmmakers around.