The Color of Friendship (2000)

6.7/10 83 min Family Drama TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Carl Lumbly

Ron Dellums

Penny Johnson Jerald

Roscoe Dellums

Shadia Simmons

Piper Dellums

Lindsey Haun

Mahree Bok

Susan Danford

Merle Bok

Melanie Nicholls-King

Flora

Michael Kanev

Rian

Stephen Jennings

Pieter Bok

Ryan Cooley

Billy

David Rosser

Reporter #1

Erik Kilpatrick

Turner

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