Black Like Me Movie Review 1964

Based on John Howard Griffin's successful book about how Griffin turned his skin black with a drug and traveled the South to experience prejudice firsthand. Neither the production nor the direction enhance the material.

Distribution

African-American Images, 1909 W 95th St., Chicago, IL 60643-1105, Phone: (773)445-0322, Toll-free: 800-552-1991, Fax: (773)445-9844, Email: info@africanamericanimages.com, URL: http://www.africanamericanimages.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 107 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Not-So-True Identity, American South, African America

Screenplay

Carl Lerner, Gerda Lerner

Cast

James Whitmore, Roscoe Lee Browne, Will Geer, Walter Mason, John Marriott, Clifton James, Dan Priest

Cinematography

Victor Lukens, Henry Mueller

Director

Carl Lerner

Music

Meyer Kupferman

Other

Lora Hays

Producer

Alan Enterprises