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Fakin' Da Funk

Finding your roots in the hood ain't easy.

1997★ 6.0 · 121h 29mComedyDrama

Overview

Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee -- and Asian exchange student May-Ling, who is housed with a black family -- are trying to adapt to their mostly black neighborhood of South Central.

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Cast

Pam Grier
as Annabelle Lee

Kelly Hu
as Kwee-me

E. G. Daily
as Young Julian (voice) (uncredited)

Ernie Hudson
as Joe Lee

Dante Basco
as Julian Lee

Tichina Arnold
as Tracy

Tatyana Ali
as Karyn

Margaret Cho
as May-Ling

John Witherspoon
as Bill

Ron Yuan
as Chinese Waiter

Nell Carter
as Claire

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Release date: 1997-07-20

Runtime: 1h 29m

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ComedyDrama

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