Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.
02-05-2000
1h 23m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Kevin Hooks
Writer:
Paris Qualles
Production:
Alan Sacks Productions, Walt Disney Television
Key Crew
Producer:
Kevin Hooks
Producer:
Christopher Morgan
Casting:
Kim Williams
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Carl Lumbly
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