The Color of Friendship (TV)
2000 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
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.
Direction Kevin Hooks
Cast Penny Johnson · Lindsey Haun · Carl Lumbly · Shadia Simmons · Anthony Burnett · Melanie Nicholls-King · Susan Danford · Ahmad Stoner · Stephen Jennings
Soundtrack Stanley Clarke
Screenplay Paris Qualles
Cinematography David Herrington
Original title The Color of Friendship (TV)
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250 votes (FilmAffinity)
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