A Day in Black & White | 
| Director: Desmond Hall
Actors: Harold Perrineau, Stephanie Berry, Anthony Desando, Francie Swift, Lonette Mckee
Studio: Xenon
Category: DVD
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 69149
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 000799409121
EAN: 0000799409121
ASIN: B000056BRV
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: February 27, 2001
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A black writer (Harold Perrineau, the poet in the spinning wheelchair in the HBO series Oz) is asked by his white girlfriend to give a speech about race at the racially mixed high school where she teaches. In preparation, he talks to a black friend but does the majority of the brainstorming for the speech with a white friend. Meanwhile, two black women talk sexual politics in a cafe, a white cabby asks out a black woman, the racist white principal confronts the white teacher about her black students, and the white friend goes to his corporate job where the topic of affirmative action comes up. In this play on film, everybody seems to be talking about race. Specifically, they're all talking about black-white issues, only giving lip service to other groups such as Asians, Latinos, gays, and women. Set in a city as ethnically diverse as New York, the limited scope of the script is disappointing. Many of the arguments have been done to death in previous films (who's allowed to use the term "nigger"?), and the movie tries so hard to be even-handed that it just becomes boring, particularly because it only wants to raise the issues and "start a dialogue." The thing that's good about it is the fact that, as a collection of race arguments of the '80s and '90s, A Day in Black and White will work best 20 years from now as a museum piece or a document for academic study. --Andy Spletzer
Description
Two friends get together to write a speech about race problems. They talk, they sit, they argue—and what they put down on paper is both funny and insightful.
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 Bold and Necessary! February 19, 2005
Keith Lee Johnson (Ohio)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Finally a film was made that was bold enough to speak directly to the race problem in America from several points of view. This picture should not only be watched, but it should listened to as well.
 A Must See Pleasure December 6, 2003
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's a darn shame that this movie did not get as much press as it did. If only more money had been allocated for its production, the word might have spread to a wider audience. I thought this movie was phenomenal as it explored aspects of American society from an angle not attempted by many film makers. I have seen many a film on racial issues and was skeptical to see yet another, but the situations the characters found themselves in were unique and their conversations provocative. A must see for anyone wishing to further open their eyes to the racial problems that pervade our lives, each and every day.
Just plain Great June 25, 2003
this is by far one of the better moviers I've seen in my life I thought it was wonderful with it's wit and racial humor the "keilbasa" thing was hil-ar-ious but as it tought a better meaning of the race relations betweenafro-mareican and them white fo'ks
This Movie is a Laugh Riot April 6, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You would never think a movie about race relations would be this funny. I laughed the entire time. It was great to see Harold Perrineau from Oz in such a fun movie as a lead, or not getting killed by a bear, like in The Edge. The movie opens up with a hilarious character named Mustapha, who is full of pearls about why blacks need to remain black. He is countered by a creepy school principal who would probably bring segregation back if he could. In between you'll hear from all kinds of people talk about everything from the "N" word to the black myth to inter-racial dating. All the while it makes you laugh and think. Look for a great performance from Joe Siravo(the taxi driver in the film)...he plays Tony Soprano's dad in the HBO series. Lonette McKee(from many Spike Lee films) is also great as she tells us about there being no real Black Barbie dolls. I also found myself taking the directors bait in a certain scene proving that we all need to change our thinking. Director's commentary was also good. You'll enjoy this one.
Even conservatives will like this movie. February 25, 2001
Edward F. Konczal (NJ USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a compelling and entertaining look at race relations in America. Lots of humor handled in an intelligent yet provocative manner. Great performance by Harold Perrineau "from HBO's OZ". Even if you've seen and heard everything about race matters, you have to see this movie. The cinematography is great. I saw a screening at Lincoln Center in NYC and the audience (Spike Lee was there too) was enthusiastic.
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