Godfrey Cambridge
Jeff Gerber
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Watermelon Man is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Melvin Van Peebles and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Kay Kimberley, Mantan Moreland, and Erin Moran.
May 27, 1970 · Watermelon Man: Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. With Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin. Jeff Gerber, a racist white man, wakes up one morning to discover that he has become black.
Dec 31, 2014 · Melvin Van Peebles’s only foray into Hollywood filmmaking, Watermelon Man is one of the most audacious, radically conceived works to be financed by a major American studio in the 1970s.
A white insurance salesman, Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge), gets the surprise of his life when he wakes up and discovers that his skin now resembles a black man's.
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When his wife and children leave for Indianapolis Gerber rejects both the proposed exploitation of the black community and Erica's implied bigotry. Moving into the black community, he opens his own office, sheds his funereal wardrobe, and enrolls in a militant self-defense unit.
Watermelon Man. Melvin Van Peebles’s only foray into Hollywood filmmaking, Watermelon Man is one of the most audacious, radically conceived works to be financed by a major American studio in the 1970s.
Jeff Gerber, a racist white man, wakes up one morning to discover that he has become black. Jeff Gerber, an insurance agent, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. He is also both racist and a fitness freak.
