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Synopsis
A white 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.
Cast
C. Thomas Howell·Mark Watson
Rae Dawn Chong·Sarah Walker
Arye Gross·Gordon Bloomfeld
James Earl Jones·Professor Banks
Melora Hardin·Whitney Dunbar
Leslie Nielsen·Mr. Dunbar
Ann Walker·Mrs. Dunbar
James B. Sikking·Bill Watson
Max Wright·Dr. Aronson
Jeff Altman·Ray McGrady