White Man's Burden From:John Travolta , Harry Belafonte , Kelly Lynch , Margaret Avery , Tom Bower , Warner Brothers , Desmond Nakano , Hbo Home Video ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783115009
Format: AC-3
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: DVD-Video
Format: HiFi Sound
Format: Letterboxed
Format: Widescreen
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 0783115008
Weight: 20 hundredths-pounds
Label: Hbo Home Video
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.1
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 60 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 750 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 15 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 530 hundredths-inches
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 1999-05-11
Running Time: 89 minutes
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1995-12-01
Product Description:
From the producer of "Pulp Fiction" --set in a time where color roles have been reversed, John Travolta is Louis Pinnock--a poor man struggling to keep his wife and children fed and clothed. But when he loses his job, Pinnock snaps and decides to fight back the only way he knows how.
Customer Reviews:
 Main source of racism missed in "White Man's Burden", 2007-12-09
In a racial role reversal parody, White Man's Burden does a fair job of illustrating the overt, socioeconomic disparity racism creates. It fails, however, to explore the roots of self-hatred, which extends beyond any socio-economic considerations. Taking a hypothetic which could have been included in the production: Imagine John Travolta's character walking into a church with his family. After having taken their seats, they notice all of the imagery including angels and saints adorning the stain-glassed windows, are pure African black. Similarly, a wooly-haired dark Jesus is shown on the cross at the church's alter. Later while looking through a Christian publication, only similar uni-racial imagery appears. While at home watching an excerpt of "The Ten Commandments", the family notices the cast is entirely black, with Sidney Poitier playing the role of Moses. The point being, racism starts at the top.
Uni-racial imagery gives implied "divine license" to those who best fit into that category. Those who don't, are subjected to a gradual, insidious erosion of esteem. This could have been a powerful point made in "White Man's Burden" if only those in control of production had the vision or courage to pursue it.
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