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Release Date: 1995 Cast: Seth Green, Lawrence Bender, Alexis Arquette, Tom Wright, Harry Belafonte, Margaret Avery, Bumper Robinson, Kelly Lynch, Andrew Lawrence, John Travolta
Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Americana, Political drama, Crime Drama 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. In this alternative reality, it is a large underclass of white Americans who live in... MORE
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. In this alternative reality, it is a large underclass of white Americans who live in rundown, crime-infested ghettos and face prejudice from the broader society, while the comfortable middle and upper class is predominantly black.
In an effort to go above and beyond in his position (hoping to become a foreman soon), in the candy factory in which he works, Pinnock delivers a package for his boss, to successful (CEO) Thaddeus Thomas (Harry Belafonte). After Pinnock accidentally sees Thomas's wife coming out of the shower, he is subsequently fired, beaten up by the police and forced to watch his family evicted. In a radical quest for justice, Pinnock kidnaps Thomas, which forces the LESS
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