White Men Are Cracking Up

White Men Are Cracking Up — Plot

Maisie Blue is an enigmatic black widow figure under investigation by detective Margrave for her involvement in the suicides of successful white men. Through the blurred lines of perception and reality, the myth of the Black feminine mystique is explored under the guise of a murder mystery. The film explores the fetishization of Black women as a manifestation of white male insecurity.

• Release date
• January 1, 1996
• Runtime
• 20 min
• Genres
• Crime, Drama, TV Movie
• Director
• Ngozi Onwurah

White Men Are Cracking Up — Cast

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Theo Omambala Maisie Blue Jon Finch Detective Margrave

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Tom Geoghegan Buckley

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Nick Simons Sandwich Board Man

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Bernard Lawrence Homeless Man

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John Rafferty Tom

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Howard Davis Boy