A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
| Release Date | October 24, 1986 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Soul Man | |
| Runtime | 1h 44min | |
| Budget | $4,500,000 | |
| Revenue | $35,000,000 | |
| Language | English | |
| Original Language | English | |
| Production Countries | United States of America | |
| Production Companies | The Steve Tisch Company | |