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

Influential screenwriter and music journalist Barry Michael Cooper died last month at age 66, and there’s no better way to ...

The pioneering director of New Jack City and Posse discusses his unusual childhood, his relationship with Hollywood decision-makers, and why his director father Melvin doesn’t have a star on the Walk ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a pioneering journalist and screenwriter, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Baltimore, Md., at 66.

After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...

The Village Voice obituary of writer Barry Michael Cooper, dead at age 66, notes the powerful stories he wrote for the paper in the 1980s.

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: Journalist and author Barry Michael Cooper attends The Paley Center For Media Presents "Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop & the Crack Generation">> at The Paley Center for ...

The screenwriter behind the classic films “New Jack City,” "Sugar Hill," and "Above the Rim" died this week in Baltimore.

The 32-minute film Resilience Rising: Echoes of Owyhee will premiere Feb. 2 at the Clinton Street Theater, followed by a panel discussion on the status of the Owyhee Canyonlands. Resilience Rising is ...

Starring Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson, and Mario Van Peebles, 1991's New Jack City was lauded by critics upon its release. During its original theatrical run, New Jack City ...

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Cooper’s version of the script, co-written by Thomas Lee Wright, eventually evolved into the 1991 film “New Jack City,” directed by Mario Van Peebles. The film starred Van Peebles ...