TY - GEN AB - Based on the landmark memoir by John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me stars James Whitmore as Griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through Mississippi and Alabama. Along the way he experienced firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American communities. AU - Lerner, Carl, AU - Lerner, Gerda, AU - Weingarten, Victor, AU - Tannenbaum, Julius, AU - Whitmore, James, AU - Browne, Roscoe Lee, AU - James, Clifton, AU - Geer, Will, AU - Booke, Sorrell, AU - Freeman, Al, AU - Gerringer, Robert, AU - Marriott, John, AU - Oliver, Thelma, AU - Sidney, P. Jay, AU - Peterson, Lenka, AU - Kupferman, Meyer, AU - Griffin, John Howard, AU - Atkinson, Morgan C. CN - PN1997 CN - PN1997 CY - Toronto, Ont. : DA - [2012] ID - 467021 KW - Impersonation KW - African Americans KW - Authors, American LA - eng LA - Closed-captioned in English. N1 - Based on the memoir by John Howard Griffin. N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. N1 - Special features: original trailers; lobby cards. Bonus disc: Uncommon vision: the life and times of John Howard Griffin / produced and written by Morgan C. Atkinson (2010 ; 60 min.); booklet with an excerpt from "Reluctant activists"--the authorized biography of John Howard Griffin / by Robert Bonazzi. N2 - Based on the landmark memoir by John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me stars James Whitmore as Griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through Mississippi and Alabama. Along the way he experienced firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American communities. PB - Video Service Corp., PP - Toronto, Ont. : PY - [2012] T1 - Black like me TI - Black like me ER -