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Shadows

A film not to be missed.

6.9(279)19601h 27m2

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
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • jazz
  • passing for white

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United States of America

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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

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    CinemaSerf

    2/19/2024

    6/10

    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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