Pinky (1950)
- Directed by
- Elia Kazan, John Ford
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 50 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A light-skinned black woman passes for white and becomes a nurse. She returns to her southern hometown and must decide whether to continue passing or embrace her heritage, facing prejudice from both white and black communities.
tensemelancholicprovocativerestrainedemotionally chargeddramaticsoberingintrospective
What happens
Pinky is a 1949 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay was adapted by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols based on Cid Ricketts Sumner's 1946 novel Quality. It stars Jeanne Crain as the title character, a young light-skinned black woman who passes for white. It also stars Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters and William Lundigan. Pinky was released in the United States on September 29, 1949, by 20th Century-Fox. It generated considerable controversy because of its subject of race relations and the casting of Crain to play a black woman. It was nonetheless a critical and commercial success, and earned Crain, Barrymore and Waters Academy Award nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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