Black or White

Sep 6, 2014

2h 1m

★ 6.8

There's more to family than what you see.

Overview

A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

IM Global

Treehouse Films

Sunlight Productions

Venture Forth

Black or White Trailers

Cast

Elliot Anderson

Kevin Costner

Eloise Anderson

Jillian Estell

Carol

Jennifer Ehle

Fay

Gillian Jacobs

Rowena Jeffers

Octavia Spencer

Rick Reynolds

Bill Burr

Dave

Joe Chrest

Young Nurse

Indigo

Duvan

Mpho Koaho

Rita

Angela Jones

Jeremiah Jeffers

Anthony Mackie

Judge Cummins

Paula Newsome

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.

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6.0

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7.3

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5.5

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4.8

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5.8

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8.1

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6.0

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6.2

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6.1

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