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White Man's Burden

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Original title

White Man's Burden

Year

1995

Running time

90 min.

Country

United States

Director

Desmond Nakano

Screenwriter

Desmond Nakano

Cast

Music

Howard Shore

Cinematography

Willy Kurant

Producer

HBO. Producer: Lawrence Bender

Genre

Drama. Thriller | Dystopian film. Social Drama. Racism. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance. Revenge

Synopsis

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.

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Critics' reviews

"'White Man's Burden' spirals into tragedy but never into stirring drama. It stays stuck at the level of noble experiment."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"A ham-fisted, under-imagined dialectic on race relations."

Rita Kempley: The Washington Post
"Were it not for John Travolta's big-hearted portrayal of an unemployed white factory worker (...) the movie would be an emotionally frozen exercise in cautious high-mindedness."

Stephen Holden: The New York Times
"No one looking for an action movie is going to choose this one. Equally obviously, no one interested in a film about racial stereotyping in America wants to sit through chase scenes. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"'White Man's Burden' was worth doing once, if it only to find out it isn't worth doing again."

Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle
"Watching this movie is like watching Godfrey Cambridge's racial switcheroo in 1970's Watermelon Man -- without the laughs."

Mike Clark: USA Today

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