jazz,passing for white

Shadows (1960)

Poster for Shadows

A film not to be missed.

The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.

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Cast & Crew

Director
John Cassavetes
  • Profile picture of Ben Carruthers
    Ben Ben Carruthers
  • Profile picture of Lelia Goldoni
    Lelia Lelia Goldoni
  • Profile picture of Hugh Hurd
    Hugh Hugh Hurd
  • Profile picture of Anthony Ray
    Tony Anthony Ray
  • Profile picture of Tom Reese
    Tom Tom Reese
  • Profile picture of Rupert Crosse
    Rupert Rupert Crosse
  • Profile picture of Ronald Maccone
    Ronald Maccone
  • Profile picture of Lynn Hamilton
    Girl at Party Lynn Hamilton

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Keywords

  • jazz
  • passing for white