Bamboozled 2000 Movie

A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin it becomes a hit. More details

Directors

Spike Lee

Cast

Damon Wayans Savion Glover Jada Pinkett Smith

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