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Jungle Fever is a 1991 film directed by Spike Lee, starring Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra.

Plot

The plot centers on the interracial romance between a successful married black architect, Flipper Purify (played by Snipes), and an Italian-American woman, Angie Tucci (played by Sciorra). The two meet at their workplace in New York, an architectural firm where Purify works and Tucci is hired as a temporary secretary. The lovers come under intense pressure from their friends and family as a result of their relationship. The title of the film refers to the sexual attraction of a non-black person to a black person.

A subplot considers the problems of drug abuse, with Flipper's brother 'Gator (played by Samuel L. Jackson) a suffering crack addict.

The film also features John Turturro, Halle Berry, Queen Latifah, Anthony Quinn, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee.

The success and popularity of this film has also spurred the usage of "Jungle Fever" to mean a couple of more than one race (notably a black person and white person together), or one who is attracted to a member of the opposite race is considered to have "Jungle Fever."

Awards

Cannes Film Festival

:Best Supporting Actor, Samuel L. Jackson :Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actor, Samuel L. Jackson
New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actor, Samuel L. Jackson
Political Film Society Human Rights Award

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