The Color of Friendship Poster

The Color of Friendship

Starring: Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson Jerald, Shadia Simmons, Anthony Burnett, Travis Kyle Davis

Writer: Paris Qualles

Release Date:
February 5, 2000
Ratings:
6.7 / 10
Director:
Kevin Hooks
Companies:
Alan Sacks Productions

Overview

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.