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The Color of Friendship

2000 · 1h 23m · Drama, Family, TV Movie

IMDb 7.2 RT 100%

Watch this tonight if you want a thoughtful, earnest drama about racial prejudice and cross-cultural understanding—it's a solid TV movie with a meaningful premise that actually delivers on its promise to challenge assumptions. The setup is clever, the historical backdrop matters, and it's the kind of film that sparks conversation without being preachy.

Plot

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.

Director: Kevin Hooks

Cast: Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson Jerald, Shadia Simmons, Anthony Burnett, Travis Kyle Davis

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