White Man's Burden

1995 | 89 minutes | 5.0 ★ (78)

White Man's Burden
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    01 December 1995

  • DirectingDesmond Nakano
  • Budget

    $7,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $9,000,000.00

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