Before New Jack City, Cooper was an investigative reporter at The Village Voice. He produced the 1989 cover story "Kids ...

Writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper has died in Baltimore, Maryland. Cooper wrote a series of iconic 1990s movies, ...

One of the first reporters to cover the crisis, he also used his expertise to co-write the screenplay for 1991's "New Jack City." (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "NEW JACK CITY") ALLEN PAYNE: (As Gerald Wells ...

Is New Jack City getting a remake? The 1991 crime drama is certainly ripe for one, especially in our reboot-riddled day and age — after all, Twisters just dropped, there is an upcoming ...

who had been working as an investigative reporter at The Village Voice beforehand — a tenure that produced the 1989 cover story “Kids Killing Kids: New Jack City Eats Its Young,” about the ...

Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter turned screenwriter known for the films “New Jack City,” “Above the Rim” and “Sugar Hill,” has died. Cooper died Tuesday, a spokesperson ...

The first, “New Jack City” (1991), about a ruthless uptown drug lord (Wesley Snipes), presaged a wave of films from Black directors and screenwriters that touched on gang life in the 1990s.

The writer and producer behind classic Black films like "New Jack City" and "Above the Rim" passed away at age 66. Cooper made his directorial debut in 2005 with Blood on the Wall$, a low-budget ...