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The Color of Friendship
American television film
This article is about the 2000 TV film.
Mahree bok biography
For the 1981 after-school special, see The Color of Friendship (ABC Afterschool Special).
The Color of Friendship is a 2000 biographicaldramatelevision film based on actual events about the friendship between two girls (Piper and Mahree), one from the United States and the other from apartheidSouth Africa, who learn about tolerance and racism.
The film was directed by Kevin Hooks, based on a script by Paris Qualles, and stars Lindsey Haun and Shadia Simmons.
Plot
In 1977, Piper Dellums is a Black girl who lives in Washington, D.C. with her father, Congressman Ron Dellums, an outspoken opponent of the South African apartheid system, her mother Roscoe Dellums, and two younger twin brothers, Brandon and Erik.
Piper, who has been taking an interest in the different nations of Africa, begs her parents to host an African exchange student.
Meanwhile, in South Africa, Mahree Bok is a W