White Men Are Cracking Up

White Men Are Cracking Up

20 mins | Jan. 1, 1996

Maisie Blue is an enigmatic black widow figure under investigation by detective Margrave for her involvement in the suicides of successful white men. Through the blurred lines of perception and reality, the myth of the black feminine mystique is explored under the guise of a murder mystery. The film explores the fetishisation of black women as a manifestation of white male insecurity.

White Men Are Cracking Up

20 mins | Jan. 1, 1996

White Men Are Cracking Up
Maisie Blue is an enigmatic black widow figure under investigation by detective Margrave for her involvement in the suicides of successful white men. Through the blurred lines of perception and reality, the myth of the black feminine mystique is explored under the guise of a murder mystery. The film explores the fetishisation of black women as a manifestation of white male insecurity.
Producers Leda Serene Films
Original title White Men Are Cracking Up
Directors Ngozi Onwurah
Writers Bonnie Greer

Cast

Theo Omambala

as Maisie Blue

Jon Finch

as Detective Margrave

Tom Geoghegan

as Buckley

Daniel Thorndike

as Elderly Man

Nick Simons

as Sandwich Board Man

Bernard Lawrence

as Homeless Man

John Rafferty

as Tom

Howard Davis

as Boy