Whiteboyz They dreamed of the ghetto...But they woke up in Iowa.

In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He's also a wannabe pusher, selling flour as cocaine. And while he talks about "keeping it real," he hardly notices real life around him: his father's been laid off, his mother uses Food Stamps, his girlfriend is pregnant, James may be psychotic, one of his friends (one of the town's few Black kids) is preparing for college, and, on a trip to Chicago to try to buy drugs, the cops shoot real bullets. What will it take for Flip to get real?

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Comedy
Drama
Music
Release Date

Sep 10, 1999

Duration: 1h 32 min

Popularity: 0.3127
17 votes
Directed by

Marc Levin

Written by

Garth BelconDanny Hoch

Screenplay by

Garth BelconDanny HochMarc LevinRichard Stratton

Productions

Bac Films (FR)Fox Searchlight Pictures (US)

Budget

Revenue: NA