Black Like Me

Based On the book by John Howard Griffin

Black Like Me is a 1964 American drama film based on the 1961 book Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. The journalist disguised himself to pass as an African-American man for six weeks in 1959 in the Deep South to report on life in the segregated society from the other side of the color line. The film was directed by Carl Lerner and the screenplay was written by Carl and Gerda Lerner. The film stars James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke and Roscoe Lee Browne.

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Release date:

1964

Director:

Carl Lerner

Cast:

James Whitmore

Genre:

Drama

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1964 in adaptations