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Shadows is a 1959 American independent drama film directed by John Cassavetes about race relations during the Beat Generation years in New York City. The film stars Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, and Hugh Hurd as three black siblings, though only one of them is dark-skinned enough to be considered African American.
Shadows: Directed by John Cassavetes. With Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Anthony Ray. Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.
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- Drama, Music, Romance
- John Cassavetes
- 1960-10-14
Shot on location in Manhattan with a mostly nonprofessional cast and crew, Shadows is a penetrating work that is widely considered the forerunner of the American independent film movement.
- Ben
The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.
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- Lion International
- John Cassavetes
Oct 3, 2022 · 25YL/Film Obsessive writer Ashley Rincon explores the art and life of maverick independent director-writer-actor John Cassavetes in this retrospective series, beginning with his debut film, 1959’s Shadows. Cassavetes loved moments when he could turn life upside down by doing the unexpected.
Mar 21, 2018 · Shadows may be all ‘about’ race and racism, but its originality lies in the unresolved complexity with which Cassavetes treats those perennial subjects. Shadows (1959 USA 87 mins)
Shadows 1959, directed by John Cassavetes | Film review. Film. Time Out says. Admirers of Mean Streets may have wondered how Scorsese came by his dizzy vision of nervy New York neurotics:...
