White Man's Burden
MovieTitle | White Man's Burden |
User score | 5.1 |
Release date | Dec 1, 1995 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Desmond Nakano |
Production country | France, United States of America |
Production companies | Rysher Entertainment, HBO, A Band Apart, Savoy Pictures |
Budget | $7,000,000 |
Revenue | $9,000,000 |
Run time | 89 min. |
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.