Watermelon Man (1970)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy
Release: 1970-05-27
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Writers: Herman Raucher
Language: English
Stars: Godfrey Cambridge , Estelle Parsons , Howard Caine , D’Urville Martin , Mantan Moreland , Kay Kimberly , Kay E. Kuter (1925–2003) , Scott Garrett , Erin Moran , Irving Selbst
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total
AKA: Watermelon Man (Canada) , A Noite em que o Sol Brilhou (Brazil) , Watermelon Man (United Kingdom) , Ein Mann sieht schwarz (Germany) , Людина-кавун , O Dia Em Que o Sol Brilhou (Brazil) , L'uomo caffellatte (Italy) , Watermelon Man (United States of America) , Watermelon Man , Человек-арбуз , The Night the Sun Came Out (United States of America) , The Watermelon Man (United States of America) , La noche que salió el sol (Argentina) , ウォーターメロンマン (Japan) , Człowiek-arbuz (Poland) , Watermelon Man (Canada) , Plötsligt en natt blev jag svart (Sweden)
Plot: Jeff Gerber, an insurance agent, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. He is also both racist and a fitness freak. But Jeff's bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight. As Jeff tries to come to terms with this unexplained phenomenon that has befallen him, he soon becomes the victim himself when all of his friends and neighbors suddenly shun and harass him. This puts a strain on his marriage and loyal wife Althea, who begins to crack under the pressure. When all medical attempts to change his skin back to his former color fail, Jeff accepts that Kharma has caught up with him. Jeff tries to see the light of being a persecuted black man in this cruel and segregated world with the help of some of some new black friends, some of whom were people he, as a white man, taunted and harassed.
IMDB:tt0066550