What is The Color of Friendship?
{{Infobox television film |name=The Color of Friendship |image= |writer=[[Paris Qualles]] |starring=Carl Lumby<br>[[Penny Johnson]]<br>[[Lindsey Haun]]<br>[[Shadia Simmons]]<br>Ahmad Stoner |director=[[Kevin Hooks]] |music=[[Stanley Clarke]] |cinematography =[[David Herrington]] |distributor=[[Disney Channel]] |released={{start date|2000|2|5}} |runtime=87 minutes |camera= [[Claremont Camera]] |company=[[Alan Sacks Productions]]<br>[[Disney Channel Original Productions]] |language=English |producer=[[Kevin Hooks]]<br>[[Christopher Morgan (film producer)|Christopher Morgan]] }} '''''The Color of Friendship''''' is a 2000 [[television movie]]. It is based on real life events about the [[friend]]ship between two girls: Mahree and Piper.<ref>{{cite news |title=Exchange Student Serves As Catalyst For Acceptance |author=Dawson, Diana |newspaper=Lakeland Ledger |date=17 February 2002 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qd0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o_0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2205,3629324&dq=the+color+of+friendship+disney&hl=en |accessdate=7 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=February TV Focuses On Black History, Culture|author=|newspaper=Daily News of Los Angeles|date=2 February 2000|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEE6D04BF459C1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=7 July 2012|quote=''The Color of Friendship,'' Disney Channel. Based on the true story of the family of Ron Dellums, an African-American congressman.|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306123418/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEE6D04BF459C1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=dead}}</ref> Piper lives in the [[United States]] while Mahree lives in [[apartheid]]-era [[South Africa]]. Mahree learns about