MOVIE
Soul Man
He didn't give up, he got down.
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Soul Man in its release era
Released in 1986, Soul Man sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1986-10-24
- Rating
- PG-13
- TMDB score
- 5.3/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- The Steve Tisch Company
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Topicsscholarshipsecret identityharvard universitycollegelos angeles, california