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Though I hadn’t seen George Lucas’s film until a few weeks ago, I had seen 1975′s ‘Cooley High,’ which is known as ‘the Black American Graffiti.’

At 83, the filmmaker behind “Cooley High” and “Car Wash” may be the longest-working Black director in history. His own story is a Hollywood epic.

“No doubt about it, there’s a lot of prime Chicago material on the list,” said National Film Preservation Board chair Jacqueline Stewart Monday, regarding the 2021 National Film Registry inductees.

If you’re wondering why Glynn Turman keeps popping up in high-profile projects, the veteran actor can break it down for you. “My manager calls it ‘the Glynnaissance,’” said Turman in a Zoom interview, flashing a smile that lights up the computer screen like a Christmas tree. More than six decades after his debut in the original Broadway production of “A Raisin in the Sun,” and more than 40 years since his breakthrough in the nostalgic coming-of-age movie “Cooley High,” Turman is hard at work, scoring plum roles in prestigious films and TV series. The 73-year-old actor is ...