Black and White
(1999)
Regisseur:
James TobackSchauspieler:
Ben Stiller, Scott Caan, Allan Houston, Claudia SchifferJames Tobacks Darstellung der Vermischung weißer und schwarzer Kultur auf den Straßen Manhattans wirkt, als würden zwei Filme aufeinander prallen. Im Mittelpunkt des Geschehens steht eine Gruppe weißer Oberklasse-Teenager (angeführt von Elijah Wood und Popstar Bijou Phillips), die sich der Hip-Hop-Kultur bedienen, um gegen ihren üppigen Lebensstil zu rebellieren. Diesen gegenüber steht eine Gangsta- und Drogendealer-Posse (angeführt von Rapproduzent Oli "Power" Grant), die versucht, über ihre Musik von der Straße weg zu kommen und ins Musikgeschäft einzusteigen.
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker Sam Donager, who sets out to chronicle it with her husband, Terry. But before Bower was a rapper, he was a gangster, and his criminal past comes back to haunt him and all those around him.
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker Sam Donager, who sets out to chronicle it with her husband, Terry. But before Bower was a rapper, he was a gangster, and his criminal past comes back to haunt him and all those around him.