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White Man's Burden
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5.1The 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.
Released: 1995-12-0189 minDir: Desmond NakanoDramaBudget: $7.0MBox office: $9.0M
Cast
- John Travolta as Louis Pinnock
- Harry Belafonte as Thaddeus Thomas
- Kelly Lynch as Marsha Pinnock
- Margaret Avery as Megan Thomas
- Tom Bower as Stanley
- Andrew Lawrence as Donnie Pinnock
Themes
- dystopia
- black white relations
- angry
- alternate universe
- introspective
- arrogant
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Ratings
IMDb
5.3/10
5,240 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
24%
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Desmond Nakano
- Screenwriter
- Desmond Nakano
- Cast member
- Janet Hubert
- Composer
- Howard Shore
- Producer
- Lawrence Bender
- Cinematographer
- Willy Kurant
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 212510
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-01-01
- title
- White Man's Burden
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 4.6/10
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