The Color of Friendship (2000)

★ 6.7 1h 23m Drama

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.

Director

Kevin Hooks

Cast

Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson Jerald, Lindsey Haun, Shadia Simmons, Ahmad Stoner, Anthony Burnett, Travis Kyle Davis, Susan Danford

Country

United States of America

Released

February 5, 2000