The Color of Friendship

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Disney Channel Original Movie drama film television film

The Color of Friendship is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie that explores themes of racism, apartheid, and cross-cultural understanding through the friendship between an African American girl and a white South African exchange student.

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The Color of Friendship canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Disney Channel Original Movie ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
television film ⓘ
awardReceived Humanitas Prize for Children’s Live-Action Category ⓘ
NAACP Image Award ⓘ
surface form: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Program

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Program ⓘ
basedOn Simunye ⓘ
short story ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Mponeng Mhlauli ⓘ
castMember Anthony Burnett ⓘ
Carl Lumbly ⓘ
Melanie Nicholls-King ⓘ
Penny Johnson ⓘ
Tinashe ⓘ
surface form: Tinashe Kachingwe
cinematographyBy Eric Van Haren Noman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Kevin Hooks ⓘ
distributor Disney Channel ⓘ
editor Michael Brown ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
family film ⓘ
teen film ⓘ
hasRating TV-G ⓘ
leadActor Lindsey Haun ⓘ
Shadia Simmons ⓘ
mainCharacter Mahree Bok ⓘ
Piper Dellums ⓘ
musicBy Stephen James Taylor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork Disney Channel ⓘ
partOf Disney television movies ⓘ
surface form: Disney Channel Original Movie series
productionCompany Alan Sacks Productions ⓘ
Disney television movies ⓘ
surface form: Disney Channel Original Movies
protagonistNationality African American ⓘ
white South African ⓘ
releaseDate 2000-02-05 ⓘ
releaseYear 2000 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 87 ⓘ
setInPeriod 1977 ⓘ
settingCountry South Africa ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subject United States–South Africa relations ⓘ
apartheid in South Africa ⓘ
theme apartheid ⓘ
cross-cultural understanding ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
racial prejudice ⓘ
racism ⓘ
writer Paris Qualles ⓘ

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Penny Johnson Jerald → notableWork → The Color of Friendship ⓘ
Kevin Hooks → notableWork → The Color of Friendship ⓘ
Disney television movies → notableTitle → The Color of Friendship ⓘ