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Pinky

Sat, Aug 10, 2024
    Part of
  • Passing You By: Impostorism on Film
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  • BAM Film 2024
Directed by Elia Kazan (1949)
With Jeanne Crain, Ethel Waters, Ethel Barrymore

Pinky (Crain) is a Black woman who passes as white at nursing school in New England. When she returns to Mississippi to care for her grandmother (Waters), a white doctor, unaware of her secret, proposes to her. Produced by legendary mogul Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Elia Kazan, Pinky is among the first mainstream Hollywood features to tackle the subject of racial discrimination against Black Americans.

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