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White Boy Brown

  • 2010
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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White Boy Brown (2010)
Armed with only a very important letter, CURTIS BROWN, a black man embarks on the most difficult journey of his life.  A journey that will force him to confront his own demons of hatred and prejudice, while rediscovering a love, long lost for his adopted white brother Johnny.
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Armed with only a very important letter, CURTIS BROWN, a black man embarks on the most difficult journey of his life. A journey that will force him to confront his own demons of hatred and p... Read allArmed with only a very important letter, CURTIS BROWN, a black man embarks on the most difficult journey of his life. A journey that will force him to confront his own demons of hatred and prejudice, while rediscovering a love, long lost for his adopted 'White' brother JOHNNY.Armed with only a very important letter, CURTIS BROWN, a black man embarks on the most difficult journey of his life. A journey that will force him to confront his own demons of hatred and prejudice, while rediscovering a love, long lost for his adopted 'White' brother JOHNNY.

  • Director
    • Sean Sawyer
  • Writer
    • Sean Sawyer
  • Stars
    • Nirine S. Brown
    • Victoria Bundonis
    • Lindsay Brooke Davis
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    22
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    • Director
      • Sean Sawyer
    • Writer
      • Sean Sawyer
    • Stars
      • Nirine S. Brown
      • Victoria Bundonis
      • Lindsay Brooke Davis
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    Nirine S. Brown
    Nirine S. Brown
    • Diana
    • (as Nirine Brown)
    Victoria Bundonis
    • Mrs. Cantor
    Lindsay Brooke Davis
    Lindsay Brooke Davis
    • Lady in the park
    • (as Lindsay B. Davis)
    Dan Debenport
    • Johnny Quinn Sr.
    Betty Entzminger
    • Wilhemina
    Paula Flynn
    • Betty
    Coy Lasone
    • Cousin Clark
    Judah Martin
    • Johnny
    April Sandmeyer
    • Club Scene
    Damiyr Shuford
    • Curtis
    Tarrence Taylor
    • Astor Chambers
    Paul Terzenbach
    • Stan
    Derek Zuzunaga
    Derek Zuzunaga
    • Eric Carlson
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    5OliverGbyrne

    An interesting idea spoiled by very low budget and wooden acting by the lead

    Please don't get me wrong because I did not hate that film and I actually really appreciate the director for tackling such an unusual subject and I can only appreciate how full of good intention this film was. Issue is that film just did not have the budget to really serve the subject matter. This is the story of a white boy that was put in foster care with an all black family. This makes the life difficult for the young man as the white community at time makes him feel rejected because of total ignorance but also by his own family. His brother feels ashamed of his white adopted little brother (Later in the film we find out also that he has another reason for wanting to put a distance between them) So we see a young man overcoming all the prejudice and staying true to himself driven by the undying love he has for his adopted mother. He decide to put himself up there and fight for race equality , a path that will take him into very dangerous and tragic territories. As I said I can only respect a director who think outside the box and this is a subject that has not been used a lot.We always hear about black children raised by white parents but truth is the other way around actually happens too. Biggest issue is that the film was made on a very low budget , it often feels like the film was directed on a mobile phone and to me it took me a while to get into it because of this. Also the acting by the main character was wooden , that was his story and he was in mostly every scenes and unfortunately the actor did not have the acting shop for it. Thankfully some of the supporting roles make up for that , the adopted mother was particularly good , I would even say stellar , she really conveyed that love a mother can only have for her son. It is a good enough film and I would recommend people to watch it because it has a great message but I could not get over the fact that it could have been so much better.

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      Many of the characters names are actual names of supporters of John Brown the abolitionist, of whom the film is loosely based on.
    • Quotes

      Diana: No and another thing tell your people to stop carrying around books by Maya Angelou and Angela Davis if they gonna clutch thier purse evertime they see a group of black boys it's a contradiction.

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    • Q. What is White Boy Brown all about?
    • Q. In seeing the title, one would assume the film deals with racial issues. Would this be an accurate assumption?
    • Q, No offence, but how realistic is this story, can a white child in a black family really happen?

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    • Release date
      • 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Stop and Watch Films
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    • Budget
      • $12,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
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