Jungle Fever
DramaRomancenew york cityarchitectforbidden loveinterracial relationshipxenophobiacrack addictfrustrated
A tense, socially conscious drama about forbidden desire and racial tension that explores the destructive consequences of infidelity and addiction within a community grappling with systemic pressures.
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
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