Shadows
Title:
Shadows
Author:
Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989.
Uniform Title:
Shadows (Motion picture : 1959)
Publication Information:
[United States] : Pioneer Artists, [1998]
©1998
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
General Note:
Pioneer special ed.
"An improvisation."
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG.
Genre:
Format :
DVD