Black and White

Sep 4, 1999

1h 38m

★ 4.7

What happens when you mix it up?

Overview

Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker Sam Donager, who sets out to chronicle it with her husband, Terry. But before Bower was a rapper, he was a gangster, and his criminal past comes back to haunt him and all those around him.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Bigel / Mailer Films

Palm Pictures

Screen Gems

Black and White Trailers

Cast

Terry Donager

Robert Downey Jr.

Scotty

Scott Caan

Sheila King

Stacy Edwards

Dean Carter

Allan Houston

Raven

Gaby Hoffmann

Casey

Jared Leto

Greta

Claudia Schiffer

Sam Donager

Brooke Shields

Bill King

Joe Pantoliano

Jesse

Kidada Jones

Muffy

Marla Maples

Charlie

Bijou Phillips

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