The Jungle
The Jungle

The Jungle

4.7(3 votes)
1967
0h 22m
Crime
Documentary
Drama

In 1967, a group of African-American teenagers in Philadelphia made a hybrid documentary/dramatization of their lives in the 12th and Oxford Street gang. In 1968, The Jungle, one of the first films in the US directed by youth detailing the inner workings of their own gang, went on to win the Documentary Film Award at the Festival de Popoli, Italy.

Production

12th-Oxford

Cast

Reginald 'Reggie' Ackridge

Reginald 'Reggie' Ackridge

Jimmy 'Country' Robinson

Jimmy 'Country' Robinson

David 'Bat' Williams

David 'Bat' Williams

Charlie 'Brown' Davis

Charlie 'Brown' Davis

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