White Man's Burden (film)
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| Directed by | Desmond Nakano |
| Produced by | Lawrence Bender |
| Written by | Desmond Nakano |
| Starring | John Travolta Harry Belafonte |
| Music by | Howard Shore |
| Cinematography | Willy Kurant |
| Editing by | Nancy Richardson |
| Studio | UGC Rysher Entertainment A Band Apart |
| Distributed by | Savoy Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 1, 1995 (USA) |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
| Gross revenue | $3,760,525 (USA) |
White Man's Burden is a 1995 dramatic film about racism in an alternative America where Black and White Americans have reversed cultural roles.
The film revolves around Louis Pinnock a White factory worker (John Travolta), who kidnaps Thaddeus Thomas, a Black factory owner (Harry Belafonte) who fired him over a perceived slight.
The film was written and directed by Desmond Nakano.
Tagline: Two men at odds in a world turned upside down.
[edit] Plot
Louis Pinnock (John Travolta) is a struggling urban factory worker, who often gets into heated arguments with his wife. In this alternative reality it is a large underclass of white Americans who are forced to live in rundown, crime infested ghettos and face prejudice from the broader society, while the vast majority of African Americans live in the comfortable middle or upper class.
In an effort to earn more money to support his family, Pinnock takes a second job delivering packages to successful CEO Thaddeus Thomas (Harry Belafonte). After Pinnock accidentally sees Thomas's wife coming out of the shower, he is subsequently fired, beaten up by the police and forced to watch his family get evicted. In a radical quest for justice, Pinnock kidnaps Thomas, which forces the two men to bond, as well as argue over race relations and the roots of social inequitalty.
