
MELANIN
June 3, 2023 4:00pm
AMC MAGIC JOHNSON THEATER
- Melanin
- Director: Darren Brown
- Harlem Premiere
- USA, 2022, 120 min
- Category: Feature/Drama
SYNOPSIS
After a series of personal and professional setbacks, a white advertising executive signs up to participate in a trial for an experimental drug designed to make your skin appear tanned. When the pill yields unexpected results, Mike is forced to experience everyday life as a black man.
Tensions rise in his community when a young black boy is shot by police. The changed color of Mike’s skin becomes a life defining trait after his own tragic encounter with law enforcement.