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White Man's Burden is a american film of genre Drama directed by Desmond Nakano released in USA on 1 december 1995 with John Travolta
White Man's Burden (1995)
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Add to a movie listWhite Man's Burden is a 1995 drama feature film about racism in an alternative America where black and white Americans have reversed cultural roles. The film was written and directed by Desmond Nakano.
The film revolves around Louis Pinnock, a white factory worker (John Travolta), who kidnaps Thaddeus Thomas, a black factory owner (Harry Belafonte) who fired him over a perceived slight.
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Louis Pinnock (John Travolta) is a struggling urban factory worker. In this alternative reality, it is a large underclass of white Americans who live in rundown, crime-infested ghettos and face prejudice from the broader society, while the comfortable middle and upper class is predominantly black.Actors
John Travolta
(Louis Pinnock)
Harry Belafonte
(Thaddeus Thomas)
Kelly Lynch
(Marsha Pinnock)
Margaret Avery
(Megan Thomas)
Tom Bower
(Stanley)
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