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Will You Be My Black Friend? Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Oct. 5, 2009

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Will You Be My Black Friend?

Starring: Chris Rock

Screenwriter: Devin Friedman

N/A Comedy N/A

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Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'.

October 5, 2009

Plot

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Plot
Inspired by a true story, a white, married journalist living in Manhattan comes to the unnerving realization one night at a cocktail party that virtually his entire social circle is white. Indeed his entire existence has become steeped in a certain style of "whiteness": a rarefied industry (publishing); a weekend house in the Catskills; yoga; ambient music; and seasonal gourmet cooking. With help of the internet, a "white guy" sets off on a humorous journey to make "black friends," only to discover that regardless of race, the older you get, the harder it is to make friends.
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Kate Forte
Carla Gardini
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Harpo Films

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Key Facts

  • The project is based on a magazine article of the same name written by GQ senior correspondent Devin Friedman. Published in the magazine's November 2008 edition, "Will You Be My Black Friend?" chronicles Friedman's unorthodox and admittedly self-conscious quest to make "black friends."

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Will You Be My Black Friend? is coming out to on To Be Announced (TBA) There are 9,451 other movies coming out on the same date, including The Rosie Project, The Resurrection of the Christ and The Nightingale.

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