Gloria,
I think you are looking for the little known, and quite amazing Spike Lee
film 'Bamboozled' made a couple of years ago. I believe it had a very
limited release in the US. It is available on DVD. A very confronting film.
Michelle

gloria monti wrote:

>         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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