Movie

The Color of Friendship

2000 · 83 min

A gentle, earnest coming-of-age story that turns an awkward culture clash into a warm lesson about seeing people as they are.

Overview: Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, melancholic and tense. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Race, friendship, coming-of-age, identity
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
friendship
coming-of-age
identity
family
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none