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Budget. $40,000. 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
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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Jan 11, 2020 Full Review Jonas Mekas Village Voice [Shadows is] so far ahead of all ... Shadows was the first film by director John Cassavetes and was made with a meager budget of $40,000. The ...
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