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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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How good is Black Like Me?
Black Like Me scores 6.35/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Blaxploitation Film category. Historically significant adaptation, but consensus notes dated execution and unconvincing central conceit; later guides are mildly positive.
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