| Edition |
Pioneer special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
"An improvisation." |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959. |
| Credits |
Associate producer, Seymour Cassel ; camerman, Erich Kollmar ; producer/editor, Maurice McEndree ; sound, Jay Crecco ; music, Charles Mingus. |
| Cast |
Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Herd, Anthony Ray, Dennis Sallas, Tom Allen, Rupert Crosse. |
| Summary |
John Cassavetes' first film tells a gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950s. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. But when her lover meets one of Lelia's brothers and discovers she is black, a painful and emotional eruption occurs. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Interracial dating -- United States -- Drama.
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Racism -- United States -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989.
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McEndree, Maurice.
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Carruthers, Ben.
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Goldoni, Lelia.
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Hurd, Hugh, 1925-1995.
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Castle Hill Productions.
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Gena Enterprises.
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Pioneer Artists (Firm)
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| Music No. |
PSE 98-162 : Castle Hill Productions. |
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