My Baby is Black (1961)
- Original title
- Les lâches vivent d'espoir
- Directed by
- Claude Bernard-Aubert
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A French couple faces disapproval from society because the woman is white and the man is Black. The film shows the prejudice they encounter in the early 1960s.
melodramaticdatedearnestsomberromanticizedheavy-handed
What happens
My Baby Is Black! (Original French title: Les lâches vivent d'espoir, "Cowards Live on Hope") is a 1961 French romantic drama film retitled for exploitation release in the U.S. in 1965. The film was written and directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert and starred Françoise Giret, Gordon Heath and Aram Stephan, with music by Michel Magne. It was intended to examine society's view on race in the early 1960s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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