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Feature film — 2000

The Color of Friendship (2000)

6.71h 23mDrama

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.

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A high-signal pick with 73 votes.

Alan Sacks Productions / Walt Disney Television

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Director: Kevin Hooks

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Cast & crew

Carl Lumbly as Ron Dellums

Carl Lumbly

Ron Dellums

Penny Johnson Jerald as Roscoe Dellums

Penny Johnson Jerald

Roscoe Dellums

Lindsey Haun as Mahree Bok

Lindsey Haun

Mahree Bok

Shadia Simmons as Piper Dellums

Shadia Simmons

Piper Dellums

A

Ahmad Stoner

Daniel

A

Anthony Burnett

Brandy Dellums

T

Travis Kyle Davis

Erik Dellums

Susan Danford as Merle

Susan Danford

Merle

Melanie Nicholls-King as Flora

Melanie Nicholls-King

Flora

Michael Kanev as Rian

Michael Kanev

Rian

Stephen Jennings as Pieter

Stephen Jennings

Pieter

Ryan Cooley as Billy

Ryan Cooley

Billy