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John Cassavetes' first film tells a gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950s. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. But when her lover meets one of Lelia's brothers and discovers she is b...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Shadows (Motion picture : 1959)
Corporate Authors: Castle Hill Productions, Pioneer Entertainment (USA)
Other Authors: Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989, Carruthers, Ben, Goldoni, Lelia, Hurd, Hugh, 1925-1995, Ray, Anthony M., Crosse, Rupert
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Long Beach, Calif. : Pioneer Entertainment, [1998]
Subjects:
Interracial dating > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Racism > United States > Drama.
United States > Race relations > Drama.
Families > Drama.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
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Summary:John Cassavetes' first film tells a gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950s. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. But when her lover meets one of Lelia's brothers and discovers she is black, a painful and emotional eruption occurs.
Item Description:Videodisc release of the 1959 motion picture.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Erick Kollmar ; editors, Les Appelson and Maurice McEndree ; music, Shifi Hadi and Charles Mingus.