The Color of Courage
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lee Rose
Laurie Murdoch
Blu Mankuma
Jenny O'hara
Paul Jarrett
Fred Henderson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In 1944, Minnie and Mac McGhee, two light-skinned blacks, bring their family from Detroit's inner city to a nearby all-white neighborhood. When the residents find out that their community's covenant barring black families from living in their neighborhood has been broken, they hire legal counsel to try to force the new family to move out. Despite Minnie's pleading, Mac insists on staying in the community until they triumph in the lawsuit or are forced out of their home. Anna and Benjamin Sipes are the next-door neighbors to the McGhee family. As the newest white family on the block, the residents convince Benjamin to take the lead in the lawsuit. Anna finds herself constantly fighting with her husband and pointedly intensifies her friendship with Minnie. The NAACP provides legal support for the McGhees all the way to the US Supreme Court where a young Thurgood Marshall argues the case and wins, allowing the McGhees to keep their home.
Director
Lee Rose
Cast
Laurie Murdoch
Blu Mankuma
Jenny O'hara
Paul Jarrett
Fred Henderson
Cameron Phillips
Bruce Greenwood
Nathaniel Deveaux
William Nunn
Charles Andre
Jack Williams
Ernie Pitts
Tim Dixon
Simon Longmore
French Tickner
Stephen Dimopoulos
Roger Guenveur Smith
Linda Hamilton
Phil Mitchell
Glynis Davies
Linden Banks
Rhys Williams
Dee Jay Jackson
Charles Payne
P J Prinsloo
Sarah Hayward
Bill Dow
Shan Elliot
Roger Haskett
Henry O Watson
Juliana Wimbles
Roger R Cross
Gannon Brown
David Andrews
Lynn Whitfield
Tegan Moss
Kevin Mcnulty
Gillian Barber
Crew
Karie Adkens
T J Amengol
Dorothy Amos
Grace Anderson
Paul Barry
John Beatty
Brent Bennett
Terence Blanchard
Brad Bowe
Dave Bowe
Fred Boyd
Susan Boyd
Shawn Brennan
Garry Brook
Donald D Brown
Bill Burd
Steve Burger
John Clothier
Richard Coleman
Peter Conway
Peter Conway
Rosalina Da Silva
Rosalina Da Silva
Fred Davies
Roberta Doheny
Rain Draper
Robin Driscoll
Edward Dunlop
Jim R Dunn
Sam Elsworth
Todd Fairbairn
Brendan Ferguson
Nancy Ford
Barbara Foster
Greg Fox
Brian Giddens
Michael Gollom
Alec L Gould
Sandra Gould
Peter Grace
Lee Harris
Chris Helcermanas-benge
Charmaine Hendricks
Douglas Higgins
Maureen Hiscox
Steve Holland
Alan Holly
Catherine Howard
Sherri Hunter
Jenny Jarvis
Lee Jeffery
Jane Kass
Patrick Kearns
Karin Korchinski
Sid Kozak
B John Kuchera
Jon Lavender
Dean Lavoie
Guy Leblanc
Joseph Lederer
Eric Lemay
Cynthia Lewis
Kathy Linder
Laura Macias
Ron Macleay
Celeste Martell
Curt Martell
Rod Mawson
Rachel Mcdonnell
Michael Mcgee
Michael Mcghee
Kathleen Mcghee-anderson
Kathleen Mcghee-anderson
Thom Mcintyre
Jim Mckenna
Byron Mckim
Ron Mcleod
Ron Mcleod
Danny Mcwilliams
Sharon Michaels
Patty Morena
Brenda Kyle Nedelec
Keith Noble
Ginny Parrillo
James Ralph
Peter Reale
Peter Reale
Chuck Reid
Lee Rose
Lee Rose
Claude Savard
Lori Slomka
Tim Storvik
Marie Tate
A J Unger
Abel Urbina
Eric Van Haren Noman
Wyley Viahovic
Suzy Wall
Cristina Weigmann
Peter V White
Fiona Winning
Kyle Wright
Richard Wynyk
Krista Young
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States February 10, 1999
Aired in United States October 19, 1999
Aired in United States October 1998
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (American Discoveries) October 8-18, 1998.
True story based on the Sipes vs. McGhee civil rights case, written by the original protagonist's granddaughter.
Previous title: "Sipes vs. McGhee."
Lee Rose makes her television directorial debut.
Began shooting June 3, 1998.
