White Man’s Burden

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White Man’s Burden is a 1995 American drama film that explores racial tensions through an alternate-reality United States where traditional Black and white social positions are reversed.

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instanceOf film
basedOn concept of the "white man’s burden" from colonial discourse
cinematography Russell Carpenter
countryOfOrigin United States
director Desmond Nakano
distributor Savoy Pictures
editedBy Michael Tronick
filmingLocation Los Angeles
genre alternate history film
drama
social science fiction
hasTitle White Man’s Burden
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Man%27s_Burden_(film)
leadCharacter Louis Pinnock
Thaddeus Thomas
mainTheme racial tensions
racism
social inequality
motionPictureRating R
musicBy Don Was
narrativeDevice reversal of Black and white social positions
originalLanguage English
portrays role reversal of racial power dynamics in America
producer Desmond Nakano
Lawrence Bender
productionCompany A Band Apart
Blue Rider Pictures
releaseDate 1995-12-01
releaseYear 1995
runtimeMinutes 89
screenwriter Desmond Nakano
setting alternate-reality United States
starring Harry Belafonte
John Travolta
Kelly Lynch
Margaret Avery
Tom Bower
writer Desmond Nakano

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Lawrence Bender notableWork White Man’s Burden
White Man’s Burden hasTitle White Man’s Burden
White Man’s Burden hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Man%27s_Burden_(film)
linked to: White Man’s Burden