The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship (2000)

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.

Date of release
2000-02-05
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (72)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Drama
Director
Kevin Hooks

Casting

  • Carl Lumbly — Ron Dellums
  • Penny Johnson Jerald — Roscoe Dellums
  • Lindsey Haun — Mahree Bok
  • Shadia Simmons — Piper Dellums
  • Ahmad Stoner — Daniel
  • Anthony Burnett — Brandy Dellums
  • Travis Kyle Davis — Erik Dellums
  • Susan Danford — Merle
  • Melanie Nicholls-King — Flora
  • Michael Kanev — Rian
  • Stephen Jennings — Pieter
  • Ryan Cooley — Billy

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