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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.
- November 11, 1959
- Maurice McEndree, Nikos Papatakis
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
May 30, 2020 · Shadows ( John Cassavetes, 1959) by. John Cassavetes. Publication date. 1958. Topics. Drama and romance. Language. English. Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City. VOS Sub. Spanish. Addeddate. 2020-05-30 10:21:55. Identifier. shadows-john-cassavetes-1959.
- May 30, 2020
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Shadows. John Cassavetes’s directorial debut revolves around a romance in New York City between Lelia (Lelia Goldoni), a light- skinned black woman, and Tony (Anthony Ray), a white man. The relationship is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh (Hugh Hurd), and discovers that her racial heritage is ...
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As a film on race that takes place between ordinary people without massive direct implications (in 1959, no less), Shadows shows a more conventional form of uneasy prejudice rather than a...
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Shadows (1959) -- (Movie Clip) A Real Mad Chick Ben (Ben Carruthers) drops by rehearsal aiming to borrow money from older-brother, singer Hugh (Hugh Hurd), who's busy with manager Rupert (Rupert Crosse) and night club boss Jack (Jack Ackerman), in John Cassavetes' Shadows, 1959.