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Spinning into Butter (2008)

Spinning into Butter poster
Original title
Spinning Into Butter
Directed by
Mark Brokaw
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
10
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A white college dean struggles with her own biases and the backlash around race on campus after a student receives a hate note. The story examines political correctness and racial identity through her troubled reactions.

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What happens

Spinning Into Butter is a 2007 drama film written by Rebecca Gilman and Doug Atchison and loosely based on Gilman's play of the same name. It was directed by first-time film director Mark Brokaw and produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, who also stars in the film. Spinning Into Butter was sold for distribution Cannes Film Market on May 17, 2007 and opened in the U.S. in March, 2009. The film concerns political correctness and racial identity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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