Movie · Drama · Kids & Family

In 1977, two girls from opposite sides of the world come together and change each other's lives. Young, white Mahree Bok (Lindsey Haun) lives in apartheid South Africa with her wealthy family. Piper Dellums (Shadia Simmons), the daughter of a black U.S. congressman in Washington, D.C., prepares to welcome Mahree to the U.S. for a semester abroad. Mahree is surprised to find her host family is black, and Piper is stunned that Mahree is white. Each will have to question the assumptions she had.

2000 · 1h 23m
Director Kevin Hooks

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The Color of Friendship

Drama

In 1977, two girls from opposite sides of the world come together and change each other's lives. Young, white Mahree Bok (Lindsey Haun) lives in apartheid South Africa with her wealthy family. Piper Dellums (Shadia Simmons), the daughter of a black U.S. congressman in Washington, D.C., prepares to welcome Mahree to the U.S. for a semester abroad. Mahree is surprised to find her host family is black, and Piper is stunned that Mahree is white. Each will have to question the assumptions she had.

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Average 7.8
Reviews 7
Fresh 7

Information

Studio
Alan Sacks Productions
Released
2000
Run Time
1 hr 23 min
Region of Origin
United States

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Audio

English , Japanese

Subtitles

Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) (Always On), German (Always On), Greek , Hungarian , Italian (Always On), Korean , Norwegian , Polish (Always On), Portuguese (Brazil) (Always On), Portuguese (Portugal) , Romanian , Spanish (Latin America) (Always On), Spanish (Spain) (Always On), Swedish , Turkish (Always On)

Accessibility

Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.