Black Like Me (film)
| Black Like Me | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carl Lerner |
| Produced by | Julius Tannenbaum |
| Screenplay by |
Carl Lerner Gerda Lerner Paul Green (uncredited) |
| Based on |
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin |
| Starring | James Whitmore |
| Music by | Meyer Kupferman |
| Cinematography |
Victor Lukens Henry Mueller II |
| Edited by | Lora Hays |
Production company |
The Hilltop Company |
| Distributed by | Continental Distributing |
Release dates |
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Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
English Latin |
Black Like Me is a 1964 American drama film co-written (with Gerda Lerner) and directed by Carl Lerner, based on the book Black Like Me. The film stars James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke, and Roscoe Lee Browne.[2]
The DVD was released December 11, 2012, in North America from Video Services Corp. The DVD also includes a documentary titled Uncommon Vision about John Howard Griffin, the journalist on which the main character is based.[3]
Plot
John Finley Horton (James Whitmore) is a White American journalist who artificially darkens his skin and passes for a black man in the deep South, from New Orleans to Atlanta, where he encounters a great deal of racism from both white and black people.
Cast
- James Whitmore as John Finley Horton (Black Like Me author John Howard Griffin)
- Sorrell Booke as Dr. Jackson
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Christopher
- Al Freeman, Jr. as Thomas Newcomb
- Will Geer as truck driver
- Robert Gerringer as Ed Saunders
- Clifton James as Eli Carr
- John Marriott as Hodges
- Thelma Oliver as Georgie
- Lenka Petersen as Lucy Horton
- P.J. Sidney as Frank Newcomb
- Billie Allen as Vertell
- Alan Bergmann as Charles Maynard
References
- ↑ Black Like Me at Rotten Tomatoes
- ↑ Crowther, Bosley (May 21, 1964). "Black Like Me (1964) James Whitmore Stars in Book's Adaptation". The New York Times.
- ↑ Hartel, Nick (14 February 2013). "Black Like Me: DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". DVD Talk. The DVD: The Extras. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
The film's bonus disc features a 60-min feature length documentary, Uncommon Vision: The Life and Times of John Howard Griffin on the film's real-life subject.
External links
- Black Like Me at the Internet Movie Database
- Black Like Me at AllMovie
- Black Like Me at Rotten Tomatoes