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Soul Man

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A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.

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Director(s): Steve Miner

Writer(s): Carol Black

Producer(s): Steve Tisch

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scholarship secret identity harvard university college los angeles, california

Cast

C. Thomas Howell

Mark Watson

Rae Dawn Chong

Sarah Walker

Arye Gross

Gordon Bloomfeld

James Earl Jones

Professor Banks

Melora Hardin

Whitney Dunbar

Leslie Nielsen

Mr. Dunbar

Ann Walker

Mrs. Dunbar

James B. Sikking

Bill Watson

Max Wright

Dr. Aronson

Jeff Altman

Ray McGrady

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Dan_Tebasco

**Soul Man** Had heard a bit about this movie before I saw it, many times refered to as being racist. In fact COMPLEX MAGAZINE listed it as number 4 on a 'most racist movies' list they made. Wat...