Illusions (1982)
- Directed by
- Julie Dash
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 34 min
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 16 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 African American woman pretends to be white while working in a Hollywood studio in the 1940s. The film shows her daily struggle and the deliberate exclusion of Black people from the movie industry at that time.
thoughtfulquietintrospectiveperiod-tingedsubtlefocusedsobering
What happens
Illusions is a 1982 film written and directed by Julie Dash. The short film depicts the life of an African American woman passing as a white woman working in the film industry during the 1940s. It calls attention to the lack of African Americans in the film industry during that era. In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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