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Soul Man

Where:

Massachusetts

When:

The 1980s

A comedy with heart and soul — 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. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.

Released in 1986 — 104 minutes

Genre:

Comedy

Language:

English