Black and White (1999)

Directed by

James Toback

Genre

drama film, musical film, crime film, hood film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is a drama about racial tensions and cultural crossovers in New York City. It follows a group of white college students who hang out with black rappers, a police detective investigating a murder, and a documentary filmmaker capturing it all.

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What happens

Black and White is a 1999 American drama film directed by James Toback, and starring Robert Downey Jr., Gaby Hoffmann, Allan Houston, Jared Leto, Scott Caan, Claudia Schiffer, Brooke Shields, Bijou Phillips, and members of the Wu-Tang Clan (Raekwon, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Oli "Power" Grant, Masta Killa, Bruce Lamar Mayfield "Chip Banks" and Inspectah Deck) and Onyx (Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz). The film also features Ben Stiller as a sleazy police detective, as well as Mike Tyson playing himself and Michael B. Jordan in his film debut. It had its first showing at the Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 1999, followed by a second screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 1999. It had its theatrical release in the United States on April 5, 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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