Fakin' da Funk
Fakin' da Funk is a 1997 comedy film written and directed by Tim Chey. It stars Pam Grier, Ernie Hudson, Dante Basco, Tone Loc, Margaret Cho, and Tatyana Ali. The film is about two Asian-American youths trying to adjust to a new environment in South Central Los Angeles, with one being a Chinese boy who was adopted and raised by Black parents, and the other a foreign-exchange student.
Plot
Joe and Annabelle Lee, a Black couple living in Atlanta, are thrown for a surprise when they learn the baby that they adopted is Chinese and not black. Despite the mix-up, they decide to raise the baby, Julian, as their own. After Joe's death a few years later, the family decides to uproot from Atlanta to Los Angeles.
More details
| author | Tim Chey |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Tim Chey |
| editor | Chris Peppe |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | adopt african-american culture atlanta baby force south central south los angeles |
| musicBy | Charles Gross |
| producer | Darren M. Demetre Harry Yoo Tim Chey |
| productionCompany | Octillion Entertainment |
| publisher | USA Network |
| theme | black hood independent race and ethnicity |