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Genre: Drama /  more » User Ratings: 6.6 (323 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: Based on the true story of a white reporter who, at the height of the civil-rights movement, temporarily darkened his skin so that he could experience the realities of a black man's life in the segregated South.  more »

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Filmmakers: Carl Lerner - Director / Writer, John Howard Griffin - Writer (book), Gerda Lerner - Writer, Julius Tannenbaum - Producer, Victor Lukens - Cinematographer, Henry Mueller II¹ - Cinematographer, Meyer Kupferman - Composer, Lora Hays - Editor  more »

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