White Man's Burden (1995)
1h 29m
Running Time
December 1, 1995Release Date
Plot.
The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate Pinnock takes a gun and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice.
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Details.
Release DateDecember 1, 1995
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingR
Budget$7,000,000
Box Office$9,000,000
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Wiki.
White Man's Burden is a 1995 American drama film about racism, set in an alternative America where the social and economic positions of black people and white people are reversed. The film was written and directed by Desmond Nakano. The film revolves around Louis Pinnock (John Travolta), a white factory worker, who kidnaps Thaddeus Thomas (Harry Belafonte), a black factory owner, for firing Pinnock over a perceived slight.The title is a well-known phrase inspired by the famous poem of the same title by Rudyard Kipling.