The Color of Friendship

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.

Directed by Kevin Hooks

Top cast

Carl Lumbly

Ron Dellums

Penny Johnson Jerald

Roscoe Dellums

Lindsey Haun

Mahree Bok

Shadia Simmons

Piper Dellums

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Ahmad Stoner

Daniel

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Anthony Burnett

Brandy Dellums

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Travis Kyle Davis

Erik Dellums

Susan Danford

Merle

Melanie Nicholls-King

Flora

Michael Kanev

Rian

Stephen Jennings

Pieter

Ryan Cooley

Billy

David Rosser

Reporter #1

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Michelyn Emelle

Reporter #2

Erik Kilpatrick

Turner

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Holly Dennison

Mrs. Hofmeyer

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Moira Dunphy

Secretary

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Andrew Rudder

Fullback

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Micah Nelson

Janet

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Shaun Austin-Olsen

Mr. Hofmeyer

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