Black Like me

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Based on the memoir by John Howard Griffin.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Special features: original trailers; lobby cards. Bonus disc: Uncommon vision: the life and times of John Howard Griffin / produced and written by Morgan C. Atkinson (2010 ; 60 min.); booklet with an excerpt from "Reluctant activists"--the authorized biography of John Howard Griffin / by Robert Bonazzi.
James Whitmore, Roscoe Lee Browne, Clifton James, Will Geer, Sorrell Booke, Al Freeman, Jr., Robert Gerringer, John Marriott, Thelma Oliver, Lenka Petersen, P.J. Sidney.
Based on the landmark memoir by John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me stars James Whitmore as Griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through Mississippi and Alabama. Along the way he experienced firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American communities.
DVD, all regions; widescreen and full screen; 5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks.
Contents: Black like me.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

its different submitted by Jackie77 on August 16, 2015, 1:03am Interesting topic. Would have been better as a "movie", instead of half movie half documentary. A bit hard to follow when it goes back and forth.