Review of Black Like Me (1964) by James X — 21 Feb 2008

Watched this movie in my Ethnicity In Film class, and it was pretty interesting. It was based on the true story of a white journalist who dyed his skin black and traveled the south, to see how whites reacted to him.

He then published all his accounts in a magazine. Of course, he runs into many people who hate his guts simply because he's now black. He is even denied many jobs because he is an college educated black man.

In one touching scene, he goes out to a club with three African Americans and they dance and have fun, and he bonds with a lady. it's a really innocent scene and clearly showed to any bigoted audience members watching that African Americans were just as human as any other race.

I think this film is important, and pretty well done considering it's age. Doesn't look like many people have seen it, due to the lack of reviews on here, but I hope that changes.