He didn't give up, he got down.
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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Cast
- C. Thomas HowellMark Watson
- Rae Dawn ChongSarah Walker
- Arye GrossGordon Bloomfeld
- James Earl JonesProfessor Banks
- Melora HardinWhitney Dunbar
- Leslie NielsenMr. Dunbar
- Ann WalkerMrs. Dunbar
- James B. SikkingBill Watson
- Max WrightDr. Aronson
- Jeff AltmanRay McGrady
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- Steve MinerDirector
- Carol BlackScreenplay
- Jeffrey JurDirector of Photography
- Tom ScottOriginal Music Composer
- David FinferEditor
- Steve TischProducer
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