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| Grambling's White Tiger | |
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| Directed by | Georg Stanford Brown |
| Written by | William A. Attaway |
| Based on | My Little Brother's Coming Tomorrow by Bruce Bahrenburg[1] |
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| Cinematography | Joseph M. Wilcots |
| Edited by | David Rosenbloom |
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Production company | Inter Planetary Pictures |
| Distributed by | NBC |
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Grambling's White Tiger (also released as White Tiger in Europe) is a 1981 TV movie[2] about the true story of Jim Gregory (played by Caitlyn Jenner, credited as Bruce Jenner) the first white quarterback of the Grambling Tigers at Grambling College, a historically black college, in 1968. The movie covers Gregory's freshman year. Harry Belafonte stars as coach Eddie Robinson and LeVar Burton (already famous from Roots and later to be known for Reading Rainbow and Star Trek: The Next Generation) appears as Charles 'Tank' Smith, the first friend Jim Gregory makes on the team. The film is directed by Georg Stanford Brown.[3]
- ^ Bahrenburg, Bruce (1971). My Little Brother's Coming Tomorrow. New York City: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 978-0399105647.
- ^ Hal Erickson (2009). "Grambling's White Tiger (1981)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ^ "Grambling's White Tiger". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved June 10, 2016.