---
title: 'How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jacques W. Benoît'
released: '1989-02-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/how-to-make-love-to-a-negro-without-getting-tired-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097098/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (1989)

1989 · 97 min · Comedy · France, Canada

Original title: Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer

## Synopsis

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired is a 1989 French-language Canadian drama film directed by Jacques W. Benoit, starring Isaach de Bankolé and Maka Kotto, and written by Haitian author Dany Laferrière based on his novel of the same name. The film was released in the US on 8 June 1990.
The New York Times, the Toronto Star, the Toronto Sun and The Boston Globe all refused to publish advertisements for the film, while The Washington Post did. The film was controversial upon its initial release because of its title and was boycotted by the NAACP.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jacques W. Benoît](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-w-benoit)
- **Screenplay:** [Dany Laferrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/dany-laferriere), [Richard Sadler](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-sadler)
- **Producer:** [Richard Sadler](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-sadler), [Henry Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-lange)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Manu Dibango](https://cinepixo.com/people/manu-dibango)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Berrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-berrie)
- **Editor:** [Dominique Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-roy)

## Cast

- [Jacques Legras](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-legras)
- [Denis Trudel](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-trudel)
- [Roy Dupuis](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-dupuis)
- [Marie-Josée Gauthier](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-josee-gauthier)
- [Nathalie Coupal](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathalie-coupal)
- [Luc-Martial Dagenais](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-martial-dagenais)
- [Isaach de Bankolé](https://cinepixo.com/people/isaach-de-bankole)
- [Patricia Tulasne](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-tulasne)
- [Susie Almgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/susie-almgren)
- [Maka Kotto](https://cinepixo.com/people/maka-kotto)
- [Fayolle Jean](https://cinepixo.com/people/fayolle-jean)
- [Julien Poulin](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-poulin)
- [Myriam Cyr](https://cinepixo.com/people/myriam-cyr)
- [Roberta Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberta-weiss)

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