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Black Like Me is a 1964 American drama film directed by Carl Lerner. It adapts John Howard Griffin's 1961 nonfiction account of temporarily darkening his skin and traveling through the segregated American South to document racial treatment. The film belongs to the civil-rights-era tradition of social-problem cinema and focuses on racial segregation, discrimination, and the changed social position of its central observer.
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What is the film Black Like Me based on?
Black Like Me adapts John Howard Griffin's 1961 nonfiction account. Griffin described darkening his skin and traveling through the segregated American South to document racial treatment.
When was Black Like Me released?
The film was released in 1964. It is an American drama directed by Carl Lerner.
Who directed Black Like Me?
Carl Lerner directed Black Like Me. The film draws its story from John Howard Griffin's nonfiction work published in 1961.
What historical issue does Black Like Me examine?
The film examines racial treatment under segregation in the American South. Its central premise follows Griffin's attempt to experience and record that treatment by temporarily darkening his skin.
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