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Pinky, a black woman who works as a nurse, is able to "pass for white." Afraid her true heritage will be discovered, she leaves her white fiancé and returns home to Mississippi to help her ailing grandmother by caring for her employer, an imperious plantation owner. When the employer names...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Fox Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Kazan, Elia, Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979, Dunne, Philip, 1908-1992, Nichols, Dudley, 1895-1960, Crain, Jeanne, Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959, Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977, Lundigan, William, 1914-1975, Ruysdael, Basil, Sumner, Cid Ricketts, 1890-1970
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : FoxVideo, [1994]
Series:Studio classic.
Subjects:
Passing (Identity) > United States > Drama.
Racially mixed people > United States > Drama.
Racism > Mississippi > Drama.
Mississippi > Race relations > Drama.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > Drama.
Estates (Law) > United States > Drama.
Social problem > Feature > Videodisc.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
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Summary:Pinky, a black woman who works as a nurse, is able to "pass for white." Afraid her true heritage will be discovered, she leaves her white fiancé and returns home to Mississippi to help her ailing grandmother by caring for her employer, an imperious plantation owner. When the employer names Pinky heiress to her estate, the community rises in resentment, triggering a sensational court trial.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Based on the book by Cid Ricketts Sumner.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:0793985447