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White Man's Burden (1995)

Movie"Reality Just Switched Sides"
Audience Score
51
White Man's Burden
R 1 hr 29 minDec 1st, 1995Drama
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.
StarringJohn TravoltaHarry BelafonteKelly Lynch
DirectorDesmond Nakano
WriterDesmond Nakano

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 1st, 1995
On DVD & Blu-ray:May 11th, 1999 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$7,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$9,000,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Rysher Entertainment, HBO, A Band Apart, Savoy Pictures
Movie Tags:
dystopiaangryintrospectivearrogantalternate universeblack white relations