Black Like Me (1964)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Carl Lerner

Writers:

John Howard Griffin (book)
Carl Lerner (writer)

Release Date:

20 May 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man. John...

Plot Keywords:

South | Passing For Black | African American | Impersonation | Prejudice

Cast

James Whitmore	...	John Finley Horton
Sorrell Booke	...	Dr. Jackson
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Christopher
Al Freeman Jr.	...	Thomas Newcomb
Will Geer	...	Truckdriver
Robert Gerringer	...	Ed Saunders
Clifton James	...	Eli Carr
John Marriott	...	Hodges
Thelma Oliver	...	Georgie
Lenka Peterson	...	Lucy Horton (as Lenka Petersen)
P. Jay Sidney	...	Frank Newcomb (as P.J. Sidney)
Billie Allen	...	Vertell
Alan Bergmann	...	Charles Maynard
Stanley Brock	...	Salesman
Heywood Hale Broun

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Latin

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

The Hilltop Company

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Hearts Afire: Fat Like Me (#3.6)" (1994)

Another case of reverse racism

This is another case of the truth being skewed by lies. The is a great example of reverse racism. All white people must be hateful and go out of their way to put the black man in their place. So if you are white you are spiteful and hateful and if you black then you are easy going and care about everyone and everything. Come on we have to wake up and smell the coffee. I am white and I have never said a unkind word to anyone. If you watch these "eye opening" movies then me being white am just a hateful person. Movies like these are designed to put down the white man as nothing more then just spending his days trying to find new ways of putting down another race. Wake up and see that not every white person is racist.