The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship is a 2000 television film based on actual events about the friendship between two girls Mahree amp Piper, one from the United States and the other from apartheid South Africa, who learn about tolerance and friendship. The film was directed by Kevin Hooks, based on a script by Paris Qualles, and stars Lindsey Haun and Shadia Simmons.

Meanwhile, in South Africa, Mahree Bok Lindsey Haun is a white South African who lives in a manor house with her parents and little brother. They comfortably benefit from the system of apartheid without questioning its morality Mahrees father, Pieter Bok, is a South African policeman who cannot hide his joy when Steve Biko a black South African man fighting against apartheid has just been captured. They also have a black maid, Flora Melanie NichollsKing, whom Mahree, in her racial blindness, considers her best friend, not realizing that Flora is not satisfied with her life under apartheid. However, Mahrees observation is not entirely wrong, as Flora is a kindly woman who is indeed friendly with the Bok children, believing that gentleness and persuasion work better than agitation. Flora tells Mahree that when she was a little girl she would observe the weaver bird, which has many different styles of plumage, and its communal nestbuilding, which is used as a metaphor for the possibility of racial harmony that Mahree does not understand at the time. Mahree also asks her parents for permission to study in America, which is granted by her father, who believes she will either get homesick or realize that America is not a paradise. However, Mahree is slightly aware of some of the injustices of her society, as a black busboy gets slugged for spilling a tray, which she finds revolting.Both Mahree and Piper have misconstrued notions about each others countries Mahree does not think that there are black politicians, only knowing the patriarch of her host family is Congressman Dellums, and although Piper is expecting a South African exchange student, she does not realize there are white residents. ........

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