Watermelon Man
A white insurance salesman, Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge), gets the surprise of his life when he wakes up to find that his skin now resembles a black man's. In day-to-day life, he soon finds himself the victim of discriminatory practices -- the same kinds of behaviours that, ironically, he had once used on black people himself. As his wife (Estelle Parsons) leaves him and all attempts to explain and reverse the phenomenon fail, Jeff comes to accept and even profit from his new status.
Starring
Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine
Director
Melvin Van Peebles