White Man's Burden
1995·United States·90 min.
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The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate Pinnock takes a gun and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice.
DirectorDesmond Nakano
ScreenwriterDesmond Nakano
MusicHoward Shore
CinematographyWilly Kurant
CastJohn Travolta·Harry Belafonte·Kelly Lynch·Margaret Avery·Tom Bower·Andrew Lawrence·Bumper Robinson·Janet Hubert
Original titleWhite Man's Burden