The Color of Friendship
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.
Synopsis
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.
Ensemble
Cast
Directed by Kevin Hooks
Ahmad Stoner
Daniel
Carl Lumbly
Ron Dellums
Penny Johnson Jerald
Roscoe Dellums
Shadia Simmons
Piper Dellums
Anthony Burnett
Brandy Dellums
Travis Kyle Davis
Erik Dellums
Lindsey Haun
Mahree Bok
Susan Danford
Merle Bok
Melanie Nicholls-King
Flora
Michael Kanev
Rian
Stephen Jennings
Pieter Bok
Ryan Cooley
Billy
David Rosser
Reporter #1
Michelyn Emelle
Reporter #2
Erik Kilpatrick
Turner
Holly Dennison
Mrs. Hofmeyer
Production
The details
Release
2000
Runtime
83 min
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