Zebrahead is a 1992

1992 in film

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 drama film

Drama film

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, directed by Anthony Drazan and starring Michael Rapaport

Michael Rapaport

Michael David Rapaport is an American, actor, director and a comedian. He has acted in more than forty films since the early 1990s...

 (in his first film role) and N'Bushe Wright

N'Bushe Wright

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. Set in Detroit, Michigan

Michigan

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, the film is about an interracial

Miscegenation

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 romance between a white

White people

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 man and a black

Black people

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 woman and the resulting tensions among the characters. The film also stars Kevin Corrigan

Kevin Corrigan

Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan is an American actor who has appeared mostly in independent films and television since the 1990s.-Life and career:Corrigan was born in The Bronx, New York to an Irish-American father and a Puerto Rican mother...

, Ray Sharkey

Ray Sharkey

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, Lois Bendler.

Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....

's drama Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever is a 1991 American drama film directed by Spike Lee, starring Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra. It was Lee's fifth feature-length film. The film mainly explores interracial relationships...

was released in 1991, and Zebrahead was released the following year. As both films deal with interracial romance, Zebrahead was seen as an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of Lee's film. It was overlooked as a result.

This film was released as "The Colour of Love" in the United Kingdom.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on October 13, 1992 through Ruffhouse Records

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. It is best known for containing Nas

Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...

' first single "Halftime".