TRUE IDENTITY  starring the English Actor Lenny Henry is the
only film I can think of. There were of course those classic old
Eddie Murphy SNL pieces

Jessica Rosner

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>         I am looking for a film where the African-American
protagonist dons white face -- like in Watermelon Man (1970),
Melvin
Van Peebles.  Thank you.

        Gloria Monti

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many years later, as he faced the firing squad, colonel aureliano
buendía
was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him
to
discover ice.

gabriel garcía márquez, *cien anos de soledad*

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