Synopsis
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic60/100
62 audience votes
Key crew
- Melvin Van PeeblesDirector
- Melvin Van PeeblesOriginal Music Composer
- Herman RaucherWriter
Cast
- Godfrey CambridgeJefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
- Estelle ParsonsAlthea Janine Gerber
- Howard CaineMr. Townsend
- D'Urville MartinBus Driver
- Mantan MorelandJoe the Counterman
- Erin MoranJanice Gerber
- Scott GarrettBurton Gerber
- Paul WilliamsEmployment Office Clerk
- Kay E. KuterDr. Wainwright
- Kay KimberlyErica
- Irving SelbstMr. Johnson
- Emil SitkaDelivery Man
Stills
Themes
satireracistracismmaliciousindependent filmtanning bedhilariousmean spiritedscathingwhiteface