Black Like Me

71
  • NR
  • Genre(s):Drama
  • Release year: 1964
  • Running time: 105 min
In 1964, just as Washington was passing the Civil Rights Act, some of Hollywood's most passionate activists interpreted John Howard Griffin's brave chronicle Black Like Me for the screen, with James Whitmore starring as the writer, who, in 1959,...read more
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In 1964, just as Washington was passing the Civil Rights Act, some of Hollywood's most passionate activists interpreted John Howard Griffin's brave chronicle Black Like Me for the screen, with James Whitmore starring as the writer, who, in 1959, medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an intinerant black writer navigating his way through the Jim Crowe south. Whitmore's Griffin experiences firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American community.

Original Release

05/20/1964

US Release

05/20/1964

Cast

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Directors

Carl Lerner

Writers

Carl Lerner, John Howard Griffin, Gerda Lerner, Paul Green

Cast

Producers

Editors

Lora Hays

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