The Color of Friendship (2000)

Synopsis

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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Cast

• Carl Lumbly as Ron Dellums
• Penny Johnson Jerald as Roscoe Dellums
• Shadia Simmons as Piper Dellums
• Anthony Burnett as Brandy Dellums
• Travis Kyle Davis as Erik Dellums
• Lindsey Haun as Mahree Bok
• Susan Danford as Merle Bok
• Melanie Nicholls-King as Flora
• Michael Kanev as Rian
• Stephen Jennings as Pieter Bok

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