Illusions /

"In 1942 at a fictitious Hollywood motion picture studio. Mignon Dupree, a Black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester Jeeter, an African American woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star, are forced to come to grips with a society that perpetuates false ima...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Illusions (Motion picture)
Corporate Author:	Chick Webb Orchestra (Performer)
Other Authors:	Dash, Julie (Screenwriter), McKee, Lonette (Actor), Katon, Rosanne, 1952- (Actor), Bellamy, Ned, 1957- (Actor), Radar, Jack (Actor), Bohlmann, Eugene (composer (expression))
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed captioned.
Published:	[United States] : [Publisher not identified], [1982]
Subjects:	African American motion picture producers and directors > Drama. African American singers > Drama. World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Drama. Motion picture industry > Drama. Passing (Identity) > Drama. World War (1939-1945) African American motion picture producers and directors. African American singers. African American women executives. Motion picture industry. Passing (Identity) Women. 1939-1945 Drama. Experimental films. Fiction films. Internet videos. Short films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	"In 1942 at a fictitious Hollywood motion picture studio. Mignon Dupree, a Black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester Jeeter, an African American woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star, are forced to come to grips with a society that perpetuates false images as status quo."--Kanopy website.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (35 min., 39 sec.) : digital, sound, black and white
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Ahmed el Maanouni ; choreography by Oliver Woodall ; music, Chick Webb & his orchestra; original music, Eugene Bohlmann ; edited by Julie Dash, Charles Burnett.