SYNOPSIS:

I Need a Black Friend is an uninhibited comedy set in present day Midwestern America. Office employee Allen “Cash” Curtain - the epitome of white America – becomes a pawn in a somewhat illegal office policy driving him to seek out a black friend in order to secure a coveted management position. With no special effects or stunts, I Need a Black Friend can be produced on a very limited budget. Cash, a mechanical engineer, is as white as the paper upon which his paychecks are printed. With a management position opening up in the marketing department, Cash seeks to make those lily-white paychecks even bigger. In a confusing promotion eligibility interview, Cash’s boss urges him to be seen with a black friend so that HR will view him as racially sensitive. He employs the help of his two best friends: Rondo and Stevie. The boys first post an ad on Craigslist, but discover that “I need a black friend” means different things to different people. They try several different avenues that expose them to this relatively alien culture, including an “black” bar, a group of foul mouthed, preteen street kids, and a southern Baptist church that turns them even more white. One day Cash meets Trisha – a straight talking black woman who has just completed her law degree – as she arrives at the “black” bar to yell at her no-good brother, Eric. Days later she runs into Cash after he’s beaten up in a bar brawl caused by one of the many arguments between Rondo and Stevie. Together, Cash and Trisha learn that racism is a moot point when they are between the sheets. Cash soon realizes that he has a black friend – with breasts – but the promotion has passed him by anyway. Trisha finds out about Cash’s problems at work, and decides to help him sue the company for their blatantly racist policy. As a result, their lives are turned upside-down. With bold, frequently vile humor, I Need a Black Friend is a hilarious yet revealing look at the stupidity of today’s “politically correct” racial barriers. By stepping out of their comfort zone and into each other’s culture and society, both black and white discover that they are more similar than they thought - and the differences that do exist are sidesplitting adventures.