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``Black. White.'' The Complete Series -- From Executive Producer Ice Cube Comes The Ultimate Reality Show, An Explosive And Intriguing Series Debuting On DVD September 12th From Fox Home Entertainment.


CENTURY CITY, Calif. -- From Emmy(R)-winning producer R.J. Cutler(a) ("The War Room") and hip hop hip-hop   or hip hop
n.
1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents.

2. Rap music.

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 legend Ice Cube ("Boyz N The Hood") comes "Black. White." -- the provocative and insightful six-episode docudrama that redefined reality television. Arriving on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 September 12 from Fox Home Entertainment, this groundbreaking series set the nation abuzz when two families -- through the use of extensive makeup -- trade races for six weeks. While three members of the Caucasian Wurgel family appeared black and three members of the African-American Sparks family appeared white, the ensuing sociological (and cosmetological) experiment was anything but black-and-white, finally answering the question, "What is it like to live in someone else's skin?" Ranking as the highest-rated unscripted un·script·ed  
adj.
Not adhering to or in accordance with a script written beforehand: "his unscripted encounters with the press" Eleanor Clift.
 series to ever premier on cable, this critically acclaimed show arrives on DVD laden with extras, including Ice Cube's "Black. White." music video, a behind-the-scenes featurette on "Black. White." makeup application, audio commentary by producers and cast, an educational DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc.


A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc.
 study guide created by University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States).  Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850.  race relations race relations
Noun, pl

the relations between members of two or more races within a single community

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 expert Dr. Howard Winant and much more. The two-disc set is available to own for $26.98 US/$37.98 Canada.

Synopsis:

What is it like to live in someone else's skin? Find out by watching this fascinating series in which the African-American Sparks family (Brian, Renee and 16-year-old Nick) trades places with the Caucasian Wurgel family (Bruno, Carmen Carmen

throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190]

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Carmen

the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr.
 and 17-year-old Rose) thanks to an incredible visual transformation created by Hollywood make-up artists. The two families agree to share a home for the duration of a six-week social experiment that will challenge their beliefs and core values in ways they could have never imagined. Their unscripted experiences are often explosive, always intriguing and ultimately insightful -- resulting in a totally unique cultural perspective that's anything but black-and-white!

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(a) 2001 -- Emmy, Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Reality) for "American High"
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"BLACK. WHITE." THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD COLLECTION

Street Date:                  September 12, 2006
Price:                        $26.98 U.S./$37.98 Canada
U.S. Rating:                  NR
Canadian Rating:              NR
Total Run Time:               272 minutes
Closed Captioned:             Yes


                   "Groundbreaking And Provocative"
                                        -- Oprah Winfrey
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