

Shadows
A film not to be missed.
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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- Status
- Released
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- Language
- English
- jazz
- passing for white
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York (first version)7 Nov 1958
- PremierePGNew York City, New York (second version)11 Nov 1959
- TheatricalPG21 Mar 1961
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical14 Oct 1960
FranceFR
- TheatricalU1 Apr 1961
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice International Film Festival26 Aug 1960
JapanJP
- TheatricalG1 Jan 1965
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Shadows was released on 14 October 1960.
Audience reviews
1- C6/10
CinemaSerf
2/19/2024
On paper, this jazz-fuelled, experimental looking, observation of racial tensions within a small group of friends made for an interesting concept. The execution though, well I found that really quite messy. There's three siblings. "Benny" (Ben Carruthers); "Hugh" (Hugh Lord) and "Leila" (Leila Goldoni) with the sister having a far fairer skin tone than her brothers. "Benny" is a bit of a loose cannon, going with the …
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