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Black Like Me
Black Like Me
5.3
/10
8 Ratings

BLACK LIKE ME

Directed by Carl Lerner
United States, 1964
Drama

Synopsis

In order to write a series of articles on race relations in the South, White Texas journalist John Horton temporarily dyes his skin and passes as a black man. What he discovers is beyond despicable racism: the truth of never really knowing what it’s like to live in America as a ‘Negro.’

Synopsis

In order to write a series of articles on race relations in the South, White Texas journalist John Horton temporarily dyes his skin and passes as a black man. What he discovers is beyond despicable racism: the truth of never really knowing what it’s like to live in America as a ‘Negro.’