The Jungle is a 1967 short film about gangs made by African American students under the direction of Temple University professor Harold Haskins.
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Directed by | Charlie “Brown” Davis Jimmy “Country” Robinson David “Bat” Williams |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
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.[1][2]
In 2009, it was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and will be preserved.[3][4][5]