Imitation of Life

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Call Number: DVD Drama Imitation
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Based on the novel by Fannie Hurst.
Full screen.
Originally released in 1934.
Special features: 4K digital restoration; New interviews; Trailer; Plus, An essay by Petty.
Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Warren William.
It explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington that lends the film its transcendent emotional power. This first adaptation of Fannie Hurst's best-selling novel boldly confronts the complexities and contradictions of racial identity, economic exploitation, and the limits of the American dream.
DVD; NTSC, region 1 ; full screen (aspect ratio 1.33:1); Monaural.
Contents: Imitation of life.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Incredible submitted by majean on July 26, 2023, 1:55pm You can really tell this is a pre-code film. There is so much going on here that it's difficult to get into it all. Such strong, nuanced, independent women. Highly recommend. CW: mother-daughter relationships, loss of a parent