White Men Are Cracking Up (1996)

White Men Are Cracking Up

1996

Crime Drama TV Movie

Synopsis

Maisie Blue is an enigmatic black widow figure under investigation by detective Margrave for her involvement in the suicides of successful white men. Through the blurred lines of perception and reality, the myth of the Black feminine mystique is explored under the guise of a murder mystery. The film explores the fetishization of Black women as a manifestation of white male insecurity.

Credits

Director

Ngozi Onwurah

Cast

Bernard Lawrence as Homeless Man

Howard Davis as Boy

John Rafferty as Tom

Jon Finch as Detective Margrave

Nick Simons as Sandwich Board Man

Theo Omambala as Maisie Blue

Tom Geoghegan as Buckley

Crew