C. Thomas Howell
Mark Watson
Soul Man
“He didn't give up, he got down.”
1986
1h 44m
Director: Steve Miner
Writer: Carol Black
Overview
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.
Cast
20 people
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