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Soul Man : The Color of His Skin

Gordon (Arye Gross) defends his friend (C. Thomas Howell) in Harvard Court and asks that Professor Banks (James Earl Jones) and the jury have mercy on Mark

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ambient sound , beat, action, beat, event, close-up, cutaway, dolly shot, eyeline match, framing, full shot, high angle, high-key lighting, interior, long shot, low angle, medium close-up, medium shot, monologue, monologue, pan, performance, tilt, tracking shot, two-shot, unrestricted narration

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, Indigenous: Native American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White American

"The Color of His Skin" in Soul Man. Directed by Steve Miner, The Steve Tisch Company, 1986, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2827

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