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Soul Man

1986 • 1h44m Comedy

Rating

5.2/10

Popularity

2

A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.

Details

Director

Steve Miner

Screenplay

Carol Black

Cast

C. Thomas Howell

Rae Dawn Chong

Arye Gross

Release date

10/24/1986

Status

Released

Budget

$4,500,000

Revenue

$35,000,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

165