Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.

Sanders Auctions, bidders have the chance to purchase an original Above The Rim script, signed by Tupac ... who played coach Mike Rollins in the film. Described as “Very good plus condition ...

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Jeff Pollack, the director for favored Hip-Hop movies, Above the Rim and Booty Call as well as a producer for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air has died at the age of 54.

The 1991 film that tells the story of the fictional drug kingpin ... “Sugar Hill” was also written by Cooper as was 1994’s “Above The Rim,” which starred Tupac Shakur and Duane Martin. Cooper would ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his “Harlem trilogy” consisting of the films “New Jack City” (1991), “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim” (both 1994), died Wednesday of ...

Cooper was more than a screenwriter. He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New ...

He also wrote the 1994 film Above The Rim, a basketball drama led by Tupac Shakur and based on a story by Jennifer Lopez' longtime manager Benny Medina. More recently, he served as a producer on ...

The film starred Wesley Snipes and Ice-T as a gang leader and ... Cooper completed what was deemed a “Harlem trilogy” with two other features: “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim,” both released in 1994.

The 1991 film that tells the story of the fictional ... “Sugar Hill” was also written by Cooper as was 1994’s “Above The Rim,” which starred Tupac Shakur and Duane Martin.

“Above the Rim,” Cooper’s third film, premiered in 1994 and starred Duane Martin, Leon, Tonya Pinkins, Bernie Mac and even secured rapper Tupac Shakur amid the height of his popularit ...

The film starred Wesley Snipes and Ice-T as a ... “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim,” both released in 1994. Though the pair didn’t draw the same critical approval or, later, the genre ...