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.
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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.
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...
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