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Soul Man is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Steve Miner and written by Carol L. Black. C. Thomas Howell stars as a white male law student who pretends to be black in order to qualify for a scholarship.
Oct 24, 1986 · Soul Man: Directed by Steve Miner. With C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones. To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Steve Miner
- 1986-10-24
To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship. Director: Steve Miner Writer: Carol Black Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn ...
- 2 min
- 364.4K
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The film's hero is a UCLA graduate who poses as a black in order to qualify for a scholarship to Harvard Law School, and the movie follows him through his first semester, as he spars with a black professor, falls in love with a black woman and experiences racism.
In order to win a scholarship, Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell), the white son of an affluent psychiatrist, pretends to be black on his application form. When he's accepted, he alters his hair, skin...
- (24)
- Steve Miner
- PG-13
- C. Thomas Howell
Synopsis. A caucasian prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard.
- 104 min
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