White Man's Burden (1995)
Reality Just Switched Sides
89 min
The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate Pinnock takes a gun and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice.
- Release date
- December 1, 1995
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $7,000,000
- Box office
- $9,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- John Travolta as Louis Pinnock
- Harry Belafonte as Thaddeus Thomas
- Kelly Lynch as Marsha Pinnock
- Margaret Avery as Megan Thomas
- Tom Bower as Stanley
- Andrew Lawrence as Donnie
- Bumper Robinson as Martin
- Tom Wright as Lionel
- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Roberta
- Judith Drake as Dorothy
Crew
- Desmond Nakano · Director
- Desmond Nakano · Writer
- Lawrence Bender · Producer
- Howard Shore · Composer
- Willy Kurant · Cinematographer
- Nancy Richardson · Editor
- Mary Gail Artz · Casting director
- Barbara Cohen · Casting director
- Naomi Shohan · Production designer