Fakin' Da Funk

Jul 20, 1997

1h 29m

★ 5.7

Finding your roots in the hood ain't easy.

Overview

Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee -- and Asian exchange student May-Ling, who is housed with a black family -- are trying to adapt to their mostly black neighborhood of South Central.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Image Entertainment

Octillion Entertainment

USA Network

Fakin' Da Funk Trailers

Cast

Julian Lee

Dante Basco

Karyn

Tatyana Ali

Annabelle Lee

Pam Grier

Joe Lee

Ernie Hudson

Perry Lee

Rashaan Nall

Tracy

Tichina Arnold

May-Ling

Margaret Cho

Brandon

Duane Martin

Bill

John Witherspoon

Frog

Tone Loc

Kwee-me

Kelly Hu

Larry

Rudy Ray Moore

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