Soul Man

by Steve Miner

Starring: Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, Rae Dawn Chong

1986

Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell) must snag a scholarship that will get him into get into Harvard Law School. And there happens to be one available for a black student. Only problem — Mark’s not black … yet. It’s Affirmative Action in reverse when Mark concocts a chemical solution that allows him to pass as a black student.