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Jeff Gerber, an insurance agent, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. He is also both racist and a fitness freak. But Jeff's bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight. As Jeff tries to come to terms with this unexplained phenomenon that has befallen him, he soon becomes the victim himself when all of his friends and neighbors suddenly shun and harass him. This puts a strain on his marriage and loyal wife Althea, who begins to crack under the pressure. When all medical attempts to change his skin back to his former color fail, Jeff accepts that Kharma has caught up with him. Jeff tries to see the light of being a persecuted black man in this cruel and segregated world with the help of some of some new black friends, some of whom were people he, as a white man, taunted and harassed.

His white bread world just turned upside brown!

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine

Released: January 1, 1970

Runtime: 100.0

Popularity Rating: 0.001

Columbia Pictures, Johanna

United States of America

Jeff Gerber Godfrey Cambridge
Althea Gerber Estelle Parsons
Mr. Townsend Howard Caine
Bus Driver D'Urville Martin
Counterman Mantan Moreland
Dr. Wainwright Kay E. Kuter
Janice Gerber Erin Moran
Employment Office Clerk Paul Williams

Art — Art Direction: Malcolm C. Bert
Art — Art Direction: Sydney Z. Litwack
Art — Set Decoration: John Burton
Camera — Director of Photography: W. Wallace Kelley
Directing — Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Editing — Editor: Carl Kress
Production — Executive Producer: Leon Mirell
Production — Producer: John B. Bennett
Sound — Original Music Composer: Melvin Van Peebles
Writing — Writer: Herman Raucher