Though he finds immediate kinship and camraderie with other black men who naturally think hes a brother, it doesnt offer much comfort in the face of abundant racism and hostility. Near fine bright copy with just a hint of handling. In it, james whitmore plays john finley horton, a white american journalist who darkens his skin with blackface makeup and passes for a black man in a southern t language english. Feeling that the best way to understand what it was like to be black in a segregated south was to experience the feeling firsthand, griffin james whitmore undergoes extensiveand sometimes painfulskin pigmentation treatments. Black like me is a work of non fiction and what a book it is.
Find release information for black like me 1964 carl lerner on allmovie. Black like me on dvd 089859830921 from vci home video magic lantern. Black like me, first published in 1961, is a nonfiction book by white journalist john howard griffin recounting his journey in the deep south of the united states, at a time when africanamericans lived under racial segregation. After black like me, lerner would soon return to his former profession. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Black like me, first published in 1961, is a nonfiction book by white journalist john howard griffin.
Black like me 1964 played by james whitmore and renamed john finley horton for the movie adaptation, he uses a combination of drugs, sunlamps, and makeup to darken his white complexion and then travels through the south posing as an africanamerican drifter on the lookout for cheap lodgings and lowwage jobs. Black like me 1964 approved 1h 45min drama 20 may 1964 usa based on the true story of a white reporter who, at the height of the civilrights movement, temporarily darkened his skin to experience the realities of a black mans life in the segregated south. John howard griffin, the author and main character of black like me, is a middleaged white man living in mansfield, texas in 1959. He traveled for six weeks throughout the racially segregated. Black like me by john howard griffin, paperback barnes.
Black like me is the true story of john howard griffin, a white man, who masqueraded as a black in order to see what it was like. Black like me 1964 film complet en francais film complet. It is so strange reading about times that i did not live through. During the 60s, caucasian journalist john howard griffin decided to find out what it was like to be an africanamerican in the south, so he set out to do so by changing his appearance and going on the road. Griffin was a native of mansfield, texas, who had his skin temporarily darkened to pass as a black man. John howard griffin, black like me reading this book made me think. James whitmore stars in books adaptation the new york times. Though he tends to look more like al jolson or eddie. John horton takes treatments to darken his skin and leaves his home in texas to travel throughout the south. The gradual ascent of black political power has turned black like me into an ugly snapshot of americas past. Unfotunately little in black like me 1964 approaches the quality of griffins novel.
Department of afroamerican research arts culture 5,089 views 8. Buy black like me movie posters from movie poster shop. John howard griffin 19201980 is known internationally as the author of two novels, nuni and the devil rides outside, five books and monographs on racism in addition to black like me, a biography of thomas merton, three collections of photography, a volume of journals, two historical works on texas, a musicological study, and the john howard reader. A universal story a scene from black like me, directed by carl lerner, 1964. In 1964, a film version of black like me starring james. During the 60s, caucasian journalist john howard griffin decided to find out what it was like to be an african. Based on the landmark memoir by john howard griffin, black like me stars james whitmore as griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through mississippi and alabama. Released 1964, black like me stars jameswhitmore, sorrellbooke, roscoeleebrowne, danpriest the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 47 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. For more than 50 years i have cherished black like me and spending some time discussing his experiences with the remarkable man who wrote it.
Black like me 1964 01011964 us drama 1h 45m user score. I was active in civil rights demonstrations at the time. Black like me is a 1964 film directed by carl lerner and based on the book of the same name. The year this film was released my white family was transferred to a suburb of. And then reading about bold strong human beings who did live through them with a bravery one can only marvel at. As narrated by ray childs, this firstever recording of black like me will leave each listener deeply affected. In 1964, just as washington was passing the civil rights act, some of hollywoods most passionate activists interpreted john howard griffins brave chronicle black like me for the screen, with james whitmore starring as the writer, who, in 1959, medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through the jim. After years of neglect, black like me finally gets a good presentation with this new 2disc dvd release, which features a beautiful restoration of the 1964 motion picture along with a documentary about the author of the book on which the film is based. Vsps dvd of black like me is encoded two ways, in its theatrical widescreen aspect ratio and in a full frame, open matte version that the menus incorrectly call the original version.
See the article in its original context from may 21, 1964, page 0 buy reprints. The basis of the 1964 film directed by carl lerner, starring james whitmore, sorrell booke, roscoe lee browne, al freeman, and will geer. As for the film itself, this is a case where one has to look beyond the finished. The film was shot completely on location, and uses onsite live sound. Based on the landmark memoir by john howard griffin, black like me stars james whitmore as griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the. Black like me 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Black like me is a 1964 american drama film based on the book black like me by john howard griffin. African american had been freed from slavery but not the effects of rampant bigotry, prejudice and violence. White lie 1991, sudie and simpson 1990, one potato, two potato 1964, the black klansman 1966, heart of dixie 1989. It was also the year that the film under examination here was released. Black like me is the true story of white journalist john howard griffin, who became a negro in the late 1950s. Sidney, thelma oliver, robert gerringer and al freeman.
The films didactic, polemical aspects are not a problem indeed, the film is at its best when being polemical but these qualities are constantly undermined by an intrusive flashback structure, a lethargic script, and a plot which wastes too much time on. The1964 feature black like me starring actor james whitmore with roscoe lee brown and al freeman jr. The film was directed by carl lerner and the screenplay was written by carl and gerda lerner. Black like me 1964 this factbased film chronicles the journey of a white reporter, john finley horton james whitmore, who attempts to live as a black man in the american south during the 1950s. Black like me is the true account of john griffins experiences when he passed as a black man. Yet gerald early thinks the book might be even more relevant now than in the 1960s. The film stars james whitmore, sorrell booke and roscoe lee browne. With james whitmore, sorrell booke, roscoe lee browne, al freeman jr based on the true story of a white reporter who, at the height of the civilrights movement, temporarily darkened his skin to experience the realities of a black mans life in the segregated south. One of the books referred to as the dirty thirty by a number of scholars, black like me has ranked among the thirty books most frequently attacked after 1965. Under the care of a doctor, griffin artificially darkened his skin to pass as a black man. Watch black like me, the drama by carl lerner fandor. The transfer is immaculate, as the film elements appear to be in excellent condition.
Deeply committed to the cause of racial justice and frustrated by his inability as a white man to understand the black experience, griffin decides to take a radical step. Black like me 1964 stream and watch online moviefone. Black like me 1964 film complet en francais a 20170731t01. John howard griffins groundbreaking and controversial work helped bring the full effect of racism to the forefront of americas conscienceand it has lessons to be learned over half a. Based on the landmark memoir by john howard griffin, black like me stars james. The first few black students were admitted to uncch for the fall semester of 1961 and during 1963 the black student population was still very small.
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