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Zebrahead

Play trailer Poster for Zebrahead R,  1992,  1h 40m,  Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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75% Tomatometer 16 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A Jewish boy (Michael Rapaport) loves a black girl (N'Bushe Wright) from New York despite critics in their Detroit neighborhood.

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David Ansen Newsweek Feb 8, 2018
Sometimes Zebrahead spells things out too neatly, and the talk at the end gets a little didactic. But Drazan's clear-eyed affection for his characters is contagious. His heartfelt, plain-spoken movie achieves real, unforced power. Go to Full Review
Janet Maslin New York Times May 20, 2003
2.5/5
In the absence of the usual teen-movie pyrotechnics, Zebrahead has a quiet, stagy style, more like a 1950's teleplay with a social conscience than a stormy present-day tale of racial strife. Go to Full Review
Rita Kempley Washington Post Jan 1, 2000
Zebrahead is a thoughtful film that speaks honestly and hopefully to urban teens. Drazan has earned his stripes. Go to Full Review
Malcolm L. Johnson Hartford Courant Apr 25, 2018
It is a remarkable first film, not only for what it says about friendship, love and antagonisms between young urban blacks and whites, but for how sharply it reveals a city making headlines even now with a new, true tragedy. Go to Full Review
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Jan 12, 2007
2/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Sep 19, 2006
B-
The movie takes us to the two places where bigotry are both nurtured and perpetuated, the home (here single parent) and the racially diverse school, where the youngsters prove more mature and open-minded than their parents. Go to Full Review
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Anthony Drazan

Director

Michael Rapaport

Zack

N'Bushe Wright

Nikki

Paul Butler

Otis

DeShonn Castle

Dee

Candy Ann Brown

arlene

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Zebrahead

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Movie Info

Synopsis A Jewish boy (Michael Rapaport) loves a black girl (N'Bushe Wright) from New York despite critics in their Detroit neighborhood.
Director
Anthony Drazan
Producer
Jeff Dowd, Charles Mitchell, William F. Willett
Screenwriter
Anthony Drazan
Distributor
Triumph Releasing Corporation
Production Co
Ixtlan Corporation
Rating
R
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 23, 1992, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 18, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.1M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround
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