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White Man's Burden
TrailerSet in alternative US in which African-Americans hold the bulk of the country's wealth and power while whites are the downtrodden underclass, the movie revolves around Louis Pinnock, a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. But when he loses his job, Pinnock snaps and decides to fight back the only way he knows how.Actors: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Margaret Avery, Tom Bower, Andrew Lawrence, Bumper Robinson, Tom Wright, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judith Drake, Robert Gossett, ...»Director: Desmond NakanoCountry: United States, FranceDuration: 89 minQuality: SDRelease: 1995IMDb: 5.30 CommentsSort By- Newest
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Actors of "White Man's Burden"
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Characters of "White Man's Burden"
Louis PinnockPlayed by: John TravoltaPoliceman #1 Outside BarPlayed by: Michael BeachSheriff #1 at EvictionPlayed by: Lawrence Mandley -
Directors of "White Man's Burden"
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Creators of "White Man's Burden"
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Critic Reviews of "White Man's Burden"
New York TimesMay 20, 2003Were it not for John Travolta's big-hearted portrayal of an unemployed white factory worker driven to commit a desperate act, the movie would be an emotionally frozen exercise in cautious high-mindedness.
Rolling StoneMay 12, 2001White Man's Burden spirals into tragedy but never into stirring drama. It stays stuck at the level of noble experiment.
San Francisco ChronicleJanuary 01, 2000White Man's Burden was worth doing once, if it only to find out it isn't worth doing again.
USA TodayJanuary 01, 2000Watching this movie is like watching Godfrey Cambridge's racial switcheroo in 1970's Watermelon Man -- without the laughs.
Washington PostJanuary 01, 2000It's undeniably fascinating to watch this hypothetical experiment for a while. But White Man's Burden starts to feel like an only-passable Twilight Zone episode stretched into a full-length movie.
eFilmCritic.comApril 03, 2005A wierd and ungainly mixture of obvious racial issues and pseudo-action material.
Movie EyeMay 24, 2003The racial message is crystal clear and the concept of turning the tables on oppression is rather interesting. Unfortunately, the movie is never focused or convincingly solid to realize the cynicism in its meandering material. At best, "Burden" is merely
Arizona Daily StarDecember 24, 2002Manages to approach significant social issues, but falters in its melodrama.
MovieholeSeptember 17, 2002Just when Travolta got his groove back..
Boxoffice MagazineJune 05, 2002A look at color relations that's likely to be more compelling for nonurban audiences than the latest take on drug dealing and gang banging in the 'hood.
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