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White Man's Burden

1995, Movie, R, 89 mins

WHITE MAN'S BURDEN
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The kind of thing that passed for satire on Twilight Zone. Screenwriter and first-time director Desmond Nakano takes a gimmicky premise -- an America in which blacks are the privileged elite and whites are the oppressed minority -- and fashions a painfully obvious message movie. John Travolta is a rough-edged, hard-working guy who can't get a break because smug racists like Harry Belafonte have all the power. His son won't play with a white-skinned action figure because all ... read more leave a comment
Year: 1995
Rated R

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Cast
John Travolta: Pinnock
Harry Belafonte: Thaddeus
Kelly Lynch: Marsha
Margaret Avery: Megan
Tom Bower: Stanley
Andrew Lawrence: Donnie

 

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