Story Line
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
“He didn't give up, he got down.”
Top Cast
C. Thomas Howell
Mark Watson
Rae Dawn Chong
Sarah Walker
Arye Gross
Gordon Bloomfeld
James Earl Jones
Professor Banks
Melora Hardin
Whitney Dunbar
Leslie Nielsen
Mr. Dunbar
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Rating
5.3/ 10
Release Date
1986-10-24
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Comedy
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User Reviews (1)
Dan_Tebasco
6/10
•3/20/2017**Soul Man**
Had heard a bit about this movie before I saw it, many times refered to as being racist. In fact COMPLEX MAGAZINE listed it as number 4 on a 'most racist movies' list they made.
Watching it, I must say it's a whole lot less racist ...