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''Watermelon Man'' is a 1970 Comedy-drama Film directed by Melvin Van Peebles and based on the book ''The Night the Sun Came out on Happy Hollow Lane'' by Herman Raucher . Written by Herman Raucher and distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation , it tells the story of a typical 1960s, somewhat bigoted White Man named Jeff Gerber who wakes up one morning to find that he has become Black . release.]] The role is played by African-American actor Godfrey Cambridge , who plays the role in "whiteface" (white makeup) for the first few minutes of the film, and then goes without the makeup when his character changes into a black man. Studio execs had originally thought of casting a white actor for the part, but since the character would be black for a great majority of the film, Van Peebles vetoed the decision. EXTERNAL LINK |
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