A Different World : Mammy Dearest (1991)
Directed by Debbie Allen
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
To get over her breakup with Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison), Whitley (Jasmine Guy) focuses all her energy on the African American art exhibit she is organizing for the dedication of a new dorm. Unfortunately, Kim and several other students strongly object to certain controversial "slave" and "mammy" images in the exhibit, making Whitley more defensive than ever. But wait, it gets worse: Just before the exhibit is to open, Whitley discovers to her horror that she is descended from a family of slave-owners.