OMG this is one of my favorite scenes, Everytime I watch Immitation of Life I cry my eyes out, from the deathbed scenes to the funeral scene to the part when Sarah Jane chases after the horse drawn hearse and cries over her mother's coffin. Lana Turner Juanita Moore, Susie Kohner and Sandra Dee were so good.
Oh yeah, my giess is dislike could be that they were crying found out they do have love in there souls. COMPASSION IS DEEP! IF YOU HAVE IT THERE IS NO CONTROLING IT!
when i was a child i cried, only this time now that im grown this movie even means much more to me now! mothers, people mean so much. this movie is touching now that mostly everyone in it died and had their own funeral service. I can only pray. Im crying for everyone then and now. may we all be with the lambs and not the goats! Trouble is in this world. have mercy Lord.?
This film DeVaStAtEd me when I was 12 years 'old' and I'm Still ShAtTeReD eMoTiOnaLLy by it, as I Can ReLaTe, only the Roles are still ReVeRsEd between me and my 'Mother' who Still REJECTS me as "NOTHING BUT a 'FaiLuRe noT the GODDAMNED ALCOHOLIC she BLAMED my Father for her 'father' and 'mother' whose Culture & ExPeRiEnCeS in their 'lives' were More CRUEL & HeArTbReAkInG than ANY of these Films have EVER 'captured'.
I happened to catch this movie by happenstance last night, OMG. Timeless peice of artwork. Mahalia tore "Troubles of the World" out of the frame and ripped it to shreds...I was cool until Sarah Jane came running up to the coach and clutching her moms casket. Imma go on and admit I was crying like a little girl...
I saw it yesterday for the first time....yes, it brought tears to my eyes. Being black, and light like her, it made me think about how short life is, and how I wish had known my own mother. She died when I was 5 years old.
See, Sara Jane you should have loved your mom while she lived, she was always good to you, and you had no respect...It shouldn't matter what color your mom is your mom is your mom and that's all is to it!!! If my mom reads this, Mother you are my best friend forever!
it's interesting. I thought I truely hated my family until I almost lost them all. it's easy to forget how temporary life is and how permanent death is. it puts a lot of things in perspective for me and if the God is willing I'll be able to help someone before they make the mistakes I've made.
Lord forgive me for coveting another persons gift, hotdang if I could sing like Mahalia, i probably wouldn't stop singing EVER. I'd sing at church, job interviews, in my sleep, at the store, at the drycleaners....
...... THAT'S WHAT MIS OBAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT BACK WHEN SHE SAY THAT STUFF ABOUT BEING NOT ALL THAT HAPPY WITH OLD AMERICA " IT MADE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THAT YOUNG GIRL IF YOU WERE BLACK BACK THEN " NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE BLACK " IF SHE JUST STAY AROUND 50 MORE YEARS IT GOT A HELL OF A LOT BETTER " HAHAHA "
u be surprised who wanna be white, people and society kills me with not accpeting who they really are in life, always wanna make it seem like the black side is bad, but get accepted most by the blacks who support them. be proud of u who u r not matter wut race u r.
Love this movie! First saw it when I was 8 and at 23 it still make me cry. When Annie's on her death bed I start to tear-up. But when the great Mahalia Jackson starts sangin' and Sarah Jane shows up at the end, I'm like a waterfall. The performances in this film are simply amazing. Just wondering, is that Florida from Good Times at 7:58? Anyway do this day this is the only movie that can make this grown man cry.
@icecold99 Ms Jackson was a native New Orleanian... raised in Carrolton (Uptown New Orleans) and the horse drawn carriage and second line funeral procession for the character Annie was Ms Jackson's contribution and tribute to her upbringing in the Mount Mariah Baptist church.
One of my FAVE movies of all time. I saw this for the first time at a drive in back in the late 60s. It made such an impression on me then, and still does.
When I was young they called it passing..or High Yellow I was lucky enough to grow up in the inner city..I grew up with the Brothers and Sisters..I never knew their pain..but I observed it..The White world was very cruel in the 50's and 60's to African Americans..I don't believe the light skined Blacks today try to "Pass" like they did then..All blacks bi-racial or otherwise , I believe are proud of their heritage..
i dont know if i should be mad at you or happy you put this up lol just kidding i mean this story impacts so many folks and i cry every time it is played i have 4 mix kids and they want to watch this at least once a year with daddy i dont know if it is because they see daddy cry on this part or what but i dont care because it is our time even though they are growen
My favorite movie- a tearjerker. Lessons to be learned from this movie. Should be viewed by children today-those who mistreat & disrespect their parents. Sad when Annie passed, Sarah J was not by her side or @ the funeral. It was too late for her to tell her mom how she felt. Let people know how you feel while the blood still runs warm in their bodies. Once gone, they can't hear you. Happens a lot.
Im so sick of people saying the daughter was selfish, maybe she was in some ways but you all dont understand what its like, to be able to pass for white and or black. I felt bad for the daughter
Yeah, but there's never an excuse to mistreat your mom, regardless of how cruel the world is. If she had NO ONE else....she had her mother. There was one scene in the movie where the girl told her white friends, who again...only "liked" her because they thought she was white too, that her black mother was her MAMMY. Then in another scene, the white boyfriend finds out her mom is black and he says, "Is it true that your mother is a nigger?" She chose WHITE over doing the right thing.
@Armaniwazhere Y? All Sarah Jane wanted in life was to be white and work in seedy dives like Harry's place. Just because she let society teach her to loath being black was no cause to treat her gentle mom that way or show ungratefulness to Lora. Feel sorry 4 her? She lived in a beautiful house and had lovely things and wonderful people in her life but all she wanted was freedom to be some little while ho.
Presidential Brother-In-Law Billy Carter said, "We all left a nigger in the woodpile someplace". He just meant don't ban Nigger Jim from The Great American Novel Huckleberry Finn. Like Laura Bush, Billy Carter was A Great Librarian. Billy Beer was just his front to hide his love of Great Literature. And the rappers sing the word "nigger" all the time to honor Nigger Jim, The Greatest Liturgical Literature Black Hero EVER. KKK Honky's turned nigger into a Slur Word to ban black hero Nigger Jim.
The bigger story that so many miss...is this woman had to die before not only her daughter realized she loved her, but these people that thought of her as the housekeeper realized she was a real human, a friend.
@tonybklyn, nah, you're not the only one that sees it. I often wondered how Laura got by without her. Besides Sarah Jane, I also feel the sorriest for Susie. She lost her second mother when Annie died. I thought that was so sweet that Mr. McKenny(the milk man) came to her funeral.
Get your life right and realize what's most important! Darn you youtube! Making me cry! This movie gets me every time... even after seeing it a million times!
I've seen this move many times. I'm able to almost always make it past these scenes without kleenex. But that last scene when her daugther shows up gets me everytime.
I love love love this movie I can honestly say I have never cried on this movie. My mother does enough crying for both of us! just incrediable you know you special when you have Queen Mahalia sangin' at your funeral! Also I just want to give a shout out to Mr. Steve!!!! Too Fine Mr. Steve!
My favorite movie all time. I still cry for Annie to this day.This song played at my step-dad's funeral. Mahalia is a powerhouse!! Thanks for sharing.
One of the best movies that I have ever seen. I cried to think that this lady died without her daughter by her side. I watch each time like it is my first time. Every child needs to see this movie to be more thankful.
i am 31 years old...and i still cry everytime Mahalia Jackson sings this song...and everytime i watched this....i call my mom and tell her i love her.
I watched this with my mother, and I remember crying and thinking of how awful it would be if she passed away. Well, I just found out, its pretty awful. RIP Mom.
I love this movie. My mom first showed me this when I was 11 years old and it's become my favorite. This scene always brings me to tears and I even sang "Troubles of the World" at my grandma's funeral. I'm no Mahalia Jackson but it touched my soul. I never sang like that before in my life
Raneek,yes it iwas a matter of survival for African Americans back then to take advantage of the fact if they can pass for white. nHowever,was it worth losing her mother? The daughter clearly paid the price,she didnt end up as a secretary at a law firm,her mother found her dancing at a showgirl (now its stripper) place. It is sad that the issue of color was what divided this mother and daughter and the daughter (brat as she is) had to find out in the end.
no the child was trying to find an easy way to deal with her being black because back then she could pass as white the story is an unfortunate hardship of what had to be dealt with back then if your just watching the clip and not the movie your not really seeing what her mom had to go thru with her in a time when been black was so hard when to be told your dirty nasty and whatever else they said in them days the movie is touching and it hit's so many issues of how things were
Soy Superciro, esta película , me hierbe la sangre esta relacionada con mi-vida mis aciertos y mis errores. jamas he podido soñar con tal fuerza ,como la escena del entierro en la carroza con caballos blancos. algún siquiatra o profesional me gustaría sacar la similitud de mi vida con esta película. Gracia Superciro
A lot of people are confused and think that Sarah Jane is biracial/mixed. If you watch the movie, she is not. Her father was a lightskinned black man. Sarah Jane took after his color. This occurs in the black race--sometimes lightskinned black people look whiter than biracial people.
I remember seeing this when I was in elementary, and I am only 25. This was one of the movies that my mother made me watch. At the end, I started crying. I think that all thecharacters played their role well especially tha actress who played Lora and Sarah. Classic. Love it
This is one of the best movies ever made and it speaks volumes even today with the whole complexion thing in the black community. But it amazes me how in one black family mine included, you can have skin tones ranging from fair to dark.
@qbbowles It's not that amazing. It just is, and people are overly fascinated by it. No different than how two blonde haired white people can have a dark headed child.
thats because african americans were mixed from slavery and inter-marrying even before then! In my family it is prevelent....most of the brown women have lighter skinned children and a few even look white. All of the older light skinned women married brown or dark. They did this to balance the color but....didnt work! All peoples of the world originated from Africa any how....this is no NEW news.....God Bless!
@qbbowles When I was little, I thought 'colored' meant blue or green or something cool like that. When I heard the other kids saying the neighbors had a 'colored' maid I wanted someone to borrow a polaroid for me so I could have a picture taken. I was so disappointed to find that it wasn't like that. I realize, when you look at the whole color wheel, all human colorings only occur in a very small section of it, basically we are all shades of the same color.
no matter how good a picture or actors is in it,some1 will always hate it. i first seen this when i was real young it made me cry,even when my teacher show this to us when i became a teenage in school (robert e lee high)it made the whole class cry..boys 2.ms.jackson has an orignal voice cant be touch
I love this movie. My mom turned me on to this movie. My mom is gone home to be with Jesus. I'm so glad I loved my mom. RIP mom. This movies bring back memories
@nathan777100 God Bless your mom. I lost a brother twenty five years ago and not a day goes by that I don't think of him. Thank God for the time that we spent with our loved ones. God Bless them.
anyone that can watch this movie and not cry. i like to know what type of relationship you have or had with your mother. i have been watching this movie since i was a child and i cry everytime. momma i love and miss you. thank you for being the best mother i could ask for.
I love this movie..watched it as a kid..and to this day,I still can't stand the character Sarah Jane..she was a ungrateful birch that didn't deserve a mom like Annie.. one of my all time favorites..
Everytime, I see this movie I cry. I saw it first about 25 years ago and it has the same effect everytime. I always have a hard time getting myself together after hearing Mrs. Jackson sings. thanks for posting :-)
my grandmother sat me donw and made me watch this movie one day when it came on tv....i could not turn away. from the first scene i was hooked. she told me when she was in a bording school the nuns took them to watch this. and she told me during intermission that men & women were crying, sobbing. i lost my grandmother 17 years ago. this will always be one of my favorite movies. i am grateful to have ha the chance to watch it with her. i wanted to name my daughter mahalia...
So much crying over this song sung in a movie. When you have heard this song many times at the funeral of a family member, friend, loved one.. It runs chills thru your spine and you feel the pain at a level so intense.. You enter another level spiritual understanding the fragility of life and how much we take it for granted. You hear the screams of weeping, wailing and grief around you. It is a humbling experience. Knowing that one day, they will sing the same song for you.
Hollywood seldom re-makes movies that are better than the originals,but the Mexican version "Flores para mi Madre" (Flowers for my Mother) which is as strong and powerful as "Imitation of Life" could not evoke the same emotional onrush that you get when you hear Ms Mahalia Jackson sing. WOWWWW. This is one of the most underated films in history
I had never heard of that movie before and I watched it for the first time easily 20 years ago I was ill and just expected to be mildly entertained, I got hooked from the beginning, I watched it with baited breath not knowing what the end was going to be. I exploded into tears when she dies and thought I was never going to recover when Mahalia started singing. This movie is curiously restrained beautifully acted and incredibly real and moving, it touches on to something we all have in common
No matter how many times I see this movie or hear Mahalia Jackson sing this song, I immediately fill up with so many emotions. I cry so hard that it feels like I am right there. Whenever I feeling low, I come to Mahalia 2 be spiritually fed. The words of this song is so powerful, but true. With so much hostility in the world, you can't help but to worry about your children and parents. This will definitely be a song that must be sung or played when I am laid to rest.
Thank you for posting. You realize of course that the woman who was 'Annie' in the film is still alive? As well as that very handsome 'Mr. Steve'. I have seen this movie a million times and it still makes me cry. I love this movie, even the 'original' still makes me cry. From what I understand in 1957 grown men cried in PUBLIC when they saw this movie...Maybe they had a crush on Mr Steve too.
That child was one bad bastard, hateful and selfish made her mummy grieved to death. There are still many of those ungrateful ones around. May God help them. Honor thy mother and father
@amredeem1 I may be seeing the film from the perspective of the 21st century; but wasn't part of the subtext was the racism at the heart of America and how it affected the lives of black people at a fundamental level, leaving deep scar at the heart of not only individuals but the whole of black societies psyche.
I laughed at her (the daughter) when she made a spectacle of herself,basically throwing herself at her mother's Funeral Cortege. True there are some parents,who deserve that kind of snub,the Casey Anthony parents,or callous mothers,but still,this woman loved her daughter tremendoulsy. I cried myself because that charactoer is the kind of mother every girl dreams of!
If there was ever a movie that a person could watch to put themselves in check, this is it. If it doesn't stir up emotion and a sense of urgency to do the right thing, you're already dead inside....
@xTheFalconx This is an awesome movie. You should watch it from beginning to end. I think there are at least two versions. It was remade. This gives a life lesson about telling someone you love them before it's too late.
My dad introduced this movie to me a few years back...I was in high school. After seeing this movie, I cried! I was watching it with my mom and I had one of those moments where I looked at her and said: "Mom, I love you and I'm thankful to have you in my life. I appreciate all that you do for me." My mom just smiled and laughed and gave me a hug and called me a dork. lol! This is on my top 5 list of favorite movies!
I love this ending. My mother never loved me. She was always angry and cruel. She hit me all the time. She liked Mahalia Jackson until the day I started liking her too. Than she threw out her LPs. So these two loving mothers are the opposite of what I've had.
Dedicated to those who are holding on to Gods unchanging hand..... and never grow tired of praising Him and thanking Him for His amazing Grace and His Lovingkindness, and His Mercy that endures forever. Selah.
This is my favorite movie of all time. I watched it as a child.. I had difficulties with my mother being so much older than the other kids moms. Also, she was premature gray and I felt ostersized by the kids. This movie helped me to be able to seperate my feelings from reality. Because even though my mother and I had lots of trouble getting along, I always "knew" I loved her.
Yes! When Sara Jane throws herself on the coffin it is the perfect ending to this movie in more ways than one.
Mahalia owned this song for Jesus.
JayIsTheRealDeal 1 week ago
OMG this is one of my favorite scenes, Everytime I watch Immitation of Life I cry my eyes out, from the deathbed scenes to the funeral scene to the part when Sarah Jane chases after the horse drawn hearse and cries over her mother's coffin. Lana Turner Juanita Moore, Susie Kohner and Sandra Dee were so good.
MonkeesLuv62 1 week ago
Oh yeah, my giess is dislike could be that they were crying found out they do have love in there souls. COMPASSION IS DEEP! IF YOU HAVE IT THERE IS NO CONTROLING IT!
Shewhoiskay 1 week ago
when i was a child i cried, only this time now that im grown this movie even means much more to me now! mothers, people mean so much. this movie is touching now that mostly everyone in it died and had their own funeral service. I can only pray. Im crying for everyone then and now. may we all be with the lambs and not the goats! Trouble is in this world. have mercy Lord.?
Shewhoiskay 1 week ago
Why would 22 people come here to dislike? WEIRD...
realurban 1 week ago
The first time I watched this movie...I said who is cutting onions. Damn good movie and its shame that its topic is still relevant today.
realurban 1 week ago
One of the greatest movies ever made .
laporte749 2 weeks ago
one of the best i just ould look at this movie when ever i could
rosiamay313 2 weeks ago
@Lawkimnl at 2:01 it's "not with the goats on Judgement Day". Thanks for posting
3344TJ 2 weeks ago
LOVED this film I saw it as a little girl even then I understood. This film mad me ball in tears. I said I dont want to ever treat my mother that way
MeNoPlayGames13 3 weeks ago
This film DeVaStAtEd me when I was 12 years 'old' and I'm Still ShAtTeReD eMoTiOnaLLy by it, as I Can ReLaTe, only the Roles are still ReVeRsEd between me and my 'Mother' who Still REJECTS me as "NOTHING BUT a 'FaiLuRe noT the GODDAMNED ALCOHOLIC she BLAMED my Father for her 'father' and 'mother' whose Culture & ExPeRiEnCeS in their 'lives' were More CRUEL & HeArTbReAkInG than ANY of these Films have EVER 'captured'.
JBME 3 weeks ago
@JBME Keep ya head up!!!
realurban 1 week ago
Great movie!
Stallion1920 3 weeks ago
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I happened to catch this movie by happenstance last night, OMG. Timeless peice of artwork. Mahalia tore "Troubles of the World" out of the frame and ripped it to shreds...I was cool until Sarah Jane came running up to the coach and clutching her moms casket. Imma go on and admit I was crying like a little girl...
Oddity4040 4 weeks ago
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Oddity4040 4 weeks ago
I cried so much on this movie that I couldn't breathe. Especially on this part.
classydancer84 4 weeks ago
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Oddity4040 4 weeks ago
As soon as annie starts saying her last words I'm down for but when sarah jane busts through the crowds my tears start
Mrgreen1110 1 month ago
Lana was a natural actress....she was discovered for her looks at Shwabs but she became famous for her acting skills.
mygirlruth 1 month ago
I saw it yesterday for the first time....yes, it brought tears to my eyes. Being black, and light like her, it made me think about how short life is, and how I wish had known my own mother. She died when I was 5 years old.
Shield1751 1 month ago 3
one of my fav films- it actually deals with complex issues especially for the time it was made
sabinasabina2010 1 month ago
See, Sara Jane you should have loved your mom while she lived, she was always good to you, and you had no respect...It shouldn't matter what color your mom is your mom is your mom and that's all is to it!!! If my mom reads this, Mother you are my best friend forever!
MsQueenLis 1 month ago 3
u cried hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
12345chocolateKisses 1 month ago
beautiful voice
12345chocolateKisses 1 month ago
This movie made me cry!! And I was still crying when it ended!! Annie was my favorite and when she died in this movie I cried like a little kid.
Shinaide1992 1 month ago
when i first saw this movie i just wanted 2 whoop sarah janes ass u only have one mother when she's gone u can't get another one
19Dtheking 1 month ago
it's interesting. I thought I truely hated my family until I almost lost them all. it's easy to forget how temporary life is and how permanent death is. it puts a lot of things in perspective for me and if the God is willing I'll be able to help someone before they make the mistakes I've made.
TXejas19 1 month ago
Lord forgive me for coveting another persons gift, hotdang if I could sing like Mahalia, i probably wouldn't stop singing EVER. I'd sing at church, job interviews, in my sleep, at the store, at the drycleaners....
TXejas19 1 month ago
@TXejas19 You ain't never lied. Chile me too. But his word do sing "make a joyful noise" so that's what I think of when I sing. LOL
Valaneice 1 month ago
@Valaneice yea but my joyful noise is loud, strong, and wrong. every now and than I can harmonize with others
TXejas19 1 month ago
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A great movie. Great actors.
stevescissors 2 months ago
...... THAT'S WHAT MIS OBAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT BACK WHEN SHE SAY THAT STUFF ABOUT BEING NOT ALL THAT HAPPY WITH OLD AMERICA " IT MADE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THAT YOUNG GIRL IF YOU WERE BLACK BACK THEN " NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE BLACK " IF SHE JUST STAY AROUND 50 MORE YEARS IT GOT A HELL OF A LOT BETTER " HAHAHA "
stonethugmusic 2 months ago
u be surprised who wanna be white, people and society kills me with not accpeting who they really are in life, always wanna make it seem like the black side is bad, but get accepted most by the blacks who support them. be proud of u who u r not matter wut race u r.
bookert64 2 months ago
powerful. Fantasia's going to mess up all they hymns, songs, etc with her lackluster bellowing. The devil is a liar, Tasia.
pointhimout 2 months ago
@pointhimout hahahahah
TrynaGetBacToMyLuv 1 month ago
Mahalia sings....and I'm done. Blacks endured a WHOLE hell of a lot and I'm grateful that I live in this time. I thank you.
mrsthom08 2 months ago
for tha 20 folks that don't like this.....has no god in them..sorry..this was tha best part of tha movie...a soild CLASSIC
altheia1000 2 months ago
My all time all time fav! Mahalia sang it no auto tune no background singers no remix just talent.
RedzNDezo 2 months ago
Man, Mahalia Jackson had one stong voice.
stl26mo 2 months ago
That lady was paid..she had alot to leave...
KingandQueenMedia 2 months ago
One of my all time faves in mem of ma mother....with love
GodsGirlis 2 months ago
Love this movie! First saw it when I was 8 and at 23 it still make me cry. When Annie's on her death bed I start to tear-up. But when the great Mahalia Jackson starts sangin' and Sarah Jane shows up at the end, I'm like a waterfall. The performances in this film are simply amazing. Just wondering, is that Florida from Good Times at 7:58? Anyway do this day this is the only movie that can make this grown man cry.
aproud1990skid 2 months ago 4
I really felt the white horses and "celebration of life" was out of her character..
icecold99 2 months ago
@icecold99 Ms Jackson was a native New Orleanian... raised in Carrolton (Uptown New Orleans) and the horse drawn carriage and second line funeral procession for the character Annie was Ms Jackson's contribution and tribute to her upbringing in the Mount Mariah Baptist church.
RedzNDezo 2 months ago
One of my FAVE movies of all time. I saw this for the first time at a drive in back in the late 60s. It made such an impression on me then, and still does.
singindeb1 2 months ago
Este filme marcou muito a minha infância e nunca mais esqueci-o, poderia reprisá-lo na televisão, é uma lição de vida, muito forte.
lucy13553 2 months ago
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ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE. I SAW IT MANY YEARS AGO.
WC86EVA 3 months ago
Loved
jetfighter457 3 months ago
Foolish child never understood how much her mama lives her
jetfighter457 3 months ago
When I was young they called it passing..or High Yellow I was lucky enough to grow up in the inner city..I grew up with the Brothers and Sisters..I never knew their pain..but I observed it..The White world was very cruel in the 50's and 60's to African Americans..I don't believe the light skined Blacks today try to "Pass" like they did then..All blacks bi-racial or otherwise , I believe are proud of their heritage..
lnefouse 3 months ago
Nothing but tears everytime I watch this scene and hear this song
msskyymackey 3 months ago in playlist Best Movie Song Scenes
i dont know if i should be mad at you or happy you put this up lol just kidding i mean this story impacts so many folks and i cry every time it is played i have 4 mix kids and they want to watch this at least once a year with daddy i dont know if it is because they see daddy cry on this part or what but i dont care because it is our time even though they are growen
jclutchman17 3 months ago
My favorite movie- a tearjerker. Lessons to be learned from this movie. Should be viewed by children today-those who mistreat & disrespect their parents. Sad when Annie passed, Sarah J was not by her side or @ the funeral. It was too late for her to tell her mom how she felt. Let people know how you feel while the blood still runs warm in their bodies. Once gone, they can't hear you. Happens a lot.
mzlogicc 3 months ago
I LOVE IT!!! This is one of my favorite movies and this song is one of my all time favs!!!
Viadi74 3 months ago 3
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I love this movie
sugarcookies39 3 months ago
When Ms Laura screamed "Annie" @ 3:16 I broke into tears too felt like i was right there.
sageface08 3 months ago 3
I make it through this movie...until Sarah Jane runs to the coach....that does me in every time.
srdale56 3 months ago 24
@srdale56
You said it.
Same here.
68NYC2 2 months ago
@srdale56 It does me in every time too, and my sister and cousins as well.
0801duchess 1 month ago
Im so sick of people saying the daughter was selfish, maybe she was in some ways but you all dont understand what its like, to be able to pass for white and or black. I felt bad for the daughter
Armaniwazhere 3 months ago
Yeah, but there's never an excuse to mistreat your mom, regardless of how cruel the world is. If she had NO ONE else....she had her mother. There was one scene in the movie where the girl told her white friends, who again...only "liked" her because they thought she was white too, that her black mother was her MAMMY. Then in another scene, the white boyfriend finds out her mom is black and he says, "Is it true that your mother is a nigger?" She chose WHITE over doing the right thing.
MzTJones80 3 months ago
@Armaniwazhere Y? All Sarah Jane wanted in life was to be white and work in seedy dives like Harry's place. Just because she let society teach her to loath being black was no cause to treat her gentle mom that way or show ungratefulness to Lora. Feel sorry 4 her? She lived in a beautiful house and had lovely things and wonderful people in her life but all she wanted was freedom to be some little while ho.
jasonROXcarlySUX 3 months ago
Presidential Brother-In-Law Billy Carter said, "We all left a nigger in the woodpile someplace". He just meant don't ban Nigger Jim from The Great American Novel Huckleberry Finn. Like Laura Bush, Billy Carter was A Great Librarian. Billy Beer was just his front to hide his love of Great Literature. And the rappers sing the word "nigger" all the time to honor Nigger Jim, The Greatest Liturgical Literature Black Hero EVER. KKK Honky's turned nigger into a Slur Word to ban black hero Nigger Jim.
redfordforpresident 3 months ago
Greatest pain for any human is regret ... we are only here for a short time ..dont take loved ones for granted ......
pal22 3 months ago 5
One of the very few REMAKES that are better than the original...
*grabs tissue*
bmrcutiepie 4 months ago 3
It´s because there´s one race ,human race
milokka2010 4 months ago 2
The bigger story that so many miss...is this woman had to die before not only her daughter realized she loved her, but these people that thought of her as the housekeeper realized she was a real human, a friend.
tonybklyn 4 months ago
@tonybklyn, nah, you're not the only one that sees it. I often wondered how Laura got by without her. Besides Sarah Jane, I also feel the sorriest for Susie. She lost her second mother when Annie died. I thought that was so sweet that Mr. McKenny(the milk man) came to her funeral.
MsRain123 3 months ago
BEST MOVIE EVER MADE HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anthonise62 4 months ago 28
Get your life right and realize what's most important! Darn you youtube! Making me cry! This movie gets me every time... even after seeing it a million times!
b2223967 4 months ago in playlist b2223967's Favorited Videos 3
@b2223967 I feel the same way...every time I watch this...
MultiPattyc 4 months ago
@msDarkblade I always cry when the funeral scene and when Annie goes to see her daughter and is rejected.
TheSheryl1223 4 months ago
Yeah this is my favorite movie. Times haven't changed much in regards of racial harmony.
TheSheryl1223 4 months ago
Yes you killed her you selfish child.
debowbc 4 months ago
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I always cry when watching this movie one of the best movies ever
ladylibralost 4 months ago
I've seen this move many times. I'm able to almost always make it past these scenes without kleenex. But that last scene when her daugther shows up gets me everytime.
MsDarkblade 4 months ago 2
I love love love this movie I can honestly say I have never cried on this movie. My mother does enough crying for both of us! just incrediable you know you special when you have Queen Mahalia sangin' at your funeral! Also I just want to give a shout out to Mr. Steve!!!! Too Fine Mr. Steve!
myfathersprincess 4 months ago 2
I cried so hard on this part
Twix916 4 months ago
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One of the best movies ever!!!
Mahalia Jackson is one of the greatest!!!
AEMTRAMP 4 months ago
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One of the best movies ever!!!
AEMTRAMP 4 months ago
I love this movie! The absolute best movie ever made!!
iwasfloyd 4 months ago 2
My favorite movie all time. I still cry for Annie to this day.This song played at my step-dad's funeral. Mahalia is a powerhouse!! Thanks for sharing.
Prettytoes29 4 months ago
Man,this reminds me of my Grandmother,I loved her alot !!!
SpirtualNukes94 4 months ago 3
Man,this reminds me of my Grandmother,I loved her alot
SpirtualNukes94 4 months ago
One of the best movies that I have ever seen. I cried to think that this lady died without her daughter by her side. I watch each time like it is my first time. Every child needs to see this movie to be more thankful.
68eustis 4 months ago
Every time I watch this movie I think about my mom being inside that coffin, I can't stop crying.
Great Movie.
TheUniqueGemini 5 months ago
i am 31 years old...and i still cry everytime Mahalia Jackson sings this song...and everytime i watched this....i call my mom and tell her i love her.
rebirthofslick80 5 months ago
My mother loved this movie..........I think about her every time I watch this.
paraman1918 5 months ago 2
I watched this with my mother, and I remember crying and thinking of how awful it would be if she passed away. Well, I just found out, its pretty awful. RIP Mom.
faithpatriot 5 months ago 5
@faithpatriot May God be with u & ur family
Myckaaalllla 4 months ago 2
@faithpatriot Yes, it is indeed awful. You'll be alright in time.
MsNayners24 4 months ago 2
the prt that made me cry was when her daughter was on the flowers crying telling her mama she was sorry I CRIED RIGHT THERE
quontis09 5 months ago
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES!!! THEME, MSG...ALL STILL VERY RELEVANT EVEN IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. MAHALIA GAVE ME CHILLS WHEN SHE SANG...
JJoasil 5 months ago
I love this movie. My mom first showed me this when I was 11 years old and it's become my favorite. This scene always brings me to tears and I even sang "Troubles of the World" at my grandma's funeral. I'm no Mahalia Jackson but it touched my soul. I never sang like that before in my life
ladymidnyte 5 months ago
whats the name of the tune being played at 7:37
atlprince88 5 months ago
Well you got what you wanted you ungrateful THING!
rlmackie 5 months ago
whats the name of the movie?
1skenderbeu 5 months ago
@1skenderbeu Imitation of life
lovedog49507 5 months ago
Raneek,yes it iwas a matter of survival for African Americans back then to take advantage of the fact if they can pass for white. nHowever,was it worth losing her mother? The daughter clearly paid the price,she didnt end up as a secretary at a law firm,her mother found her dancing at a showgirl (now its stripper) place. It is sad that the issue of color was what divided this mother and daughter and the daughter (brat as she is) had to find out in the end.
NightinMadrid 5 months ago
no the child was trying to find an easy way to deal with her being black because back then she could pass as white the story is an unfortunate hardship of what had to be dealt with back then if your just watching the clip and not the movie your not really seeing what her mom had to go thru with her in a time when been black was so hard when to be told your dirty nasty and whatever else they said in them days the movie is touching and it hit's so many issues of how things were
raneek25 5 months ago
One of my all time faorites.
luckyrajasona 5 months ago
Wow! didn't expect to be effected. Now I'll have to see the movie, well after I buy a box of tissues first. Beautiful song.
LookRealty 5 months ago
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS SONG?
MZCLASS2012 5 months ago
@MZCLASS2012 Trouble of the World
msnicole74 5 months ago
i can't watch certain movie's without cying is this is the #1 movie!!!1
Alfalisa1 5 months ago 3
im 13 years old &nd this movie makes me cry , i cant help but cry , i cant imagin a child doing that to there mother like she did !!
prettylinn1 5 months ago
mahalia jackson touches my soul
20FilmChick 5 months ago
Soy Superciro, esta película , me hierbe la sangre esta relacionada con mi-vida mis aciertos y mis errores. jamas he podido soñar con tal fuerza ,como la escena del entierro en la carroza con caballos blancos. algún siquiatra o profesional me gustaría sacar la similitud de mi vida con esta película. Gracia Superciro
superciro3 5 months ago
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One of the great movies of all time--still topical!!
windstorm1000 5 months ago
A lot of people are confused and think that Sarah Jane is biracial/mixed. If you watch the movie, she is not. Her father was a lightskinned black man. Sarah Jane took after his color. This occurs in the black race--sometimes lightskinned black people look whiter than biracial people.
princess11222 5 months ago
I remember seeing this when I was in elementary, and I am only 25. This was one of the movies that my mother made me watch. At the end, I started crying. I think that all thecharacters played their role well especially tha actress who played Lora and Sarah. Classic. Love it
sweetblubird 5 months ago
THUMBS UP FOR MISS MAHALIA JACKSON!!!!!
myronmlawing 6 months ago 3
I don't cry easily, but the funeral scene when Sara Jane runs to the hearse and throws herself on the casket, my eyes filled with tears.
jennifer082255 6 months ago 2
This is one of the best movies ever made and it speaks volumes even today with the whole complexion thing in the black community. But it amazes me how in one black family mine included, you can have skin tones ranging from fair to dark.
qbbowles 6 months ago 35
@qbbowles It's not that amazing. It just is, and people are overly fascinated by it. No different than how two blonde haired white people can have a dark headed child.
princess11222 5 months ago
@qbbowles
thats because african americans were mixed from slavery and inter-marrying even before then! In my family it is prevelent....most of the brown women have lighter skinned children and a few even look white. All of the older light skinned women married brown or dark. They did this to balance the color but....didnt work! All peoples of the world originated from Africa any how....this is no NEW news.....God Bless!
singersewer1 5 months ago
@qbbowles When I was little, I thought 'colored' meant blue or green or something cool like that. When I heard the other kids saying the neighbors had a 'colored' maid I wanted someone to borrow a polaroid for me so I could have a picture taken. I was so disappointed to find that it wasn't like that. I realize, when you look at the whole color wheel, all human colorings only occur in a very small section of it, basically we are all shades of the same color.
jonssweetlady 4 months ago
Trouble of the world
ukguessboi 6 months ago
What is the name of this song?
Mrlucky716 6 months ago
no matter how good a picture or actors is in it,some1 will always hate it. i first seen this when i was real young it made me cry,even when my teacher show this to us when i became a teenage in school (robert e lee high)it made the whole class cry..boys 2.ms.jackson has an orignal voice cant be touch
Mzbrooks72 6 months ago
I love this movie. My mom turned me on to this movie. My mom is gone home to be with Jesus. I'm so glad I loved my mom. RIP mom. This movies bring back memories
nathan777100 6 months ago
@nathan777100 God Bless your mom. I lost a brother twenty five years ago and not a day goes by that I don't think of him. Thank God for the time that we spent with our loved ones. God Bless them.
jennifer082255 6 months ago
Love this movie! Show love before it's too late
TheAneshia7 6 months ago 2
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anyone that can watch this movie and not cry. i like to know what type of relationship you have or had with your mother. i have been watching this movie since i was a child and i cry everytime. momma i love and miss you. thank you for being the best mother i could ask for.
MrStevenaskew 6 months ago
carolyn wilder
MrStevenaskew 6 months ago
I love this movie..watched it as a kid..and to this day,I still can't stand the character Sarah Jane..she was a ungrateful birch that didn't deserve a mom like Annie.. one of my all time favorites..
vfreeney 6 months ago
Everytime, I see this movie I cry. I saw it first about 25 years ago and it has the same effect everytime. I always have a hard time getting myself together after hearing Mrs. Jackson sings. thanks for posting :-)
nubiansista39 6 months ago
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This is the best movie
mrsingerboii21 6 months ago
my grandmother sat me donw and made me watch this movie one day when it came on tv....i could not turn away. from the first scene i was hooked. she told me when she was in a bording school the nuns took them to watch this. and she told me during intermission that men & women were crying, sobbing. i lost my grandmother 17 years ago. this will always be one of my favorite movies. i am grateful to have ha the chance to watch it with her. i wanted to name my daughter mahalia...
carriejon76 6 months ago
So much crying over this song sung in a movie. When you have heard this song many times at the funeral of a family member, friend, loved one.. It runs chills thru your spine and you feel the pain at a level so intense.. You enter another level spiritual understanding the fragility of life and how much we take it for granted. You hear the screams of weeping, wailing and grief around you. It is a humbling experience. Knowing that one day, they will sing the same song for you.
92bravo 7 months ago
Hollywood seldom re-makes movies that are better than the originals,but the Mexican version "Flores para mi Madre" (Flowers for my Mother) which is as strong and powerful as "Imitation of Life" could not evoke the same emotional onrush that you get when you hear Ms Mahalia Jackson sing. WOWWWW. This is one of the most underated films in history
TheWeamz 7 months ago 3
I had never heard of that movie before and I watched it for the first time easily 20 years ago I was ill and just expected to be mildly entertained, I got hooked from the beginning, I watched it with baited breath not knowing what the end was going to be. I exploded into tears when she dies and thought I was never going to recover when Mahalia started singing. This movie is curiously restrained beautifully acted and incredibly real and moving, it touches on to something we all have in common
robertcouturier 7 months ago
This movie is makes me want to call my mom and apologize for everything. And I was a good kid! Mahalia brings to my eyes.
1229tonie 7 months ago
This movie is makes me want to call my mom and apologize for everything. And I was a good kid! Mahalia brings to my eyes.
1229tonie 7 months ago
No matter how many times I see this movie or hear Mahalia Jackson sing this song, I immediately fill up with so many emotions. I cry so hard that it feels like I am right there. Whenever I feeling low, I come to Mahalia 2 be spiritually fed. The words of this song is so powerful, but true. With so much hostility in the world, you can't help but to worry about your children and parents. This will definitely be a song that must be sung or played when I am laid to rest.
trayonthomas 7 months ago
Thank you for posting. You realize of course that the woman who was 'Annie' in the film is still alive? As well as that very handsome 'Mr. Steve'. I have seen this movie a million times and it still makes me cry. I love this movie, even the 'original' still makes me cry. From what I understand in 1957 grown men cried in PUBLIC when they saw this movie...Maybe they had a crush on Mr Steve too.
anjettebyrice 7 months ago 2
sadly they dont make them like this any more
katherine500 7 months ago
Thank you so much for posting this.
penelope0427 7 months ago
Like my dother!
when I was young, I cried every time when I sow this film. Unfortunatelly, today I'm living life with same dother and cry.
TheLjilja 7 months ago
Mahalia Jackson will forever be my number one idol in gospel music. When I was a little girl i was always amazed at her powerful voice.
55Monalisa 7 months ago
THIS SHOWS YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE ON EARTH
kwilcox1126 7 months ago 3
LOVE THIS MOVIE! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! WISH THEY PLAYED IT OFTEN...
coolnick1011 7 months ago
Dignity, empowered with Love, outshines all arguments to the contrary. Thinking of Gil Scott-Heron's passing. RIP all loving hearts.
verbaud 7 months ago
this is one of the most saddest movie i saw. that girl was an ungrateful bitch.
thelivingpoet 8 months ago
This is the most moving scene in a movie that I've ever seen!
ambot7ani7intawon 8 months ago
Beautiful, God have mercy on all of us.
1questionable 8 months ago
That child was one bad bastard, hateful and selfish made her mummy grieved to death. There are still many of those ungrateful ones around. May God help them. Honor thy mother and father
amredeem1 8 months ago 37
@amredeem1 I may be seeing the film from the perspective of the 21st century; but wasn't part of the subtext was the racism at the heart of America and how it affected the lives of black people at a fundamental level, leaving deep scar at the heart of not only individuals but the whole of black societies psyche.
SMoldie 6 months ago
@amredeem1
I laughed at her (the daughter) when she made a spectacle of herself,basically throwing herself at her mother's Funeral Cortege. True there are some parents,who deserve that kind of snub,the Casey Anthony parents,or callous mothers,but still,this woman loved her daughter tremendoulsy. I cried myself because that charactoer is the kind of mother every girl dreams of!
NightinMadrid 5 months ago
@amredeem1 she was i absolutely agree with you
msflydivaful 4 months ago
epic
agandia 8 months ago
Every time I watch t his movie I find myself wishing that these people could somehow know that a half-black man would eventually be President.
102936 8 months ago
If there was ever a movie that a person could watch to put themselves in check, this is it. If it doesn't stir up emotion and a sense of urgency to do the right thing, you're already dead inside....
iwilli1169 8 months ago
whow! I have never heard about this movie before. I looked it up because I have to give my opinion about it for school...I'm speechless.
xTheFalconx 8 months ago
@xTheFalconx This is an awesome movie. You should watch it from beginning to end. I think there are at least two versions. It was remade. This gives a life lesson about telling someone you love them before it's too late.
iwilli1169 8 months ago
My dad introduced this movie to me a few years back...I was in high school. After seeing this movie, I cried! I was watching it with my mom and I had one of those moments where I looked at her and said: "Mom, I love you and I'm thankful to have you in my life. I appreciate all that you do for me." My mom just smiled and laughed and gave me a hug and called me a dork. lol! This is on my top 5 list of favorite movies!
DuhNay20 8 months ago 2
The best film ever in my opinion is this.
TheGloriafra 8 months ago 2
Even though I have this DVD I'm sitting here watching this like the first time lol
Itzmebaby242 8 months ago
One of ( if not the ) best pictures ever made.If I ever feel I need a good cry, I just watch this! Words fail me to describe its magnificence.
HilaryHughes 8 months ago 2
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One of my favorite movies of all time!!!!
28tastygirl 8 months ago
I know many people like Sarah Jane - ashamed of what they are, buying into the belief system that being who they are is not good enough.
Pretending that they are something else.
Sad but true
N1na1995 9 months ago
one of my favorite movies. I cry everytime.
alyrik30 9 months ago
I love this ending. My mother never loved me. She was always angry and cruel. She hit me all the time. She liked Mahalia Jackson until the day I started liking her too. Than she threw out her LPs. So these two loving mothers are the opposite of what I've had.
wattever333 9 months ago
@wattever333 that is so sad!
Bushakabuta 6 months ago
Classic
laydeemuff 9 months ago
Dedicated to those who are holding on to Gods unchanging hand..... and never grow tired of praising Him and thanking Him for His amazing Grace and His Lovingkindness, and His Mercy that endures forever. Selah.
gypsymama501 9 months ago 2
Over 50 years old, but still as powerful as the day it was release......
qmcsing 9 months ago 3
This is my favorite movie of all time. I watched it as a child.. I had difficulties with my mother being so much older than the other kids moms. Also, she was premature gray and I felt ostersized by the kids. This movie helped me to be able to seperate my feelings from reality. Because even though my mother and I had lots of trouble getting along, I always "knew" I loved her.
Yes! When Sara Jane throws herself on the coffin it is the perfect ending to this movie in more ways than one.
laluv2shop 9 months ago
I think about my mother am how she cried everytime she saw this movie.
usmc1927463 9 months ago
I cry everytime I watch this movie, my boyfriend cry 2.............so touching
sjoia2005 9 months ago
beautifully told! epic
lowkeygoddess 9 months ago
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ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE!!!
luvlife347 9 months ago
THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE.I JUST LOVE LOVE LOVE MAHALIA JACKSON,SHE WAS TRULY BLESSED AND GIFTED.PRAISE YAHWEH <3
lilmean12 9 months ago
Every time I watch this movie with my mom and sisters we ALWAYS cry...thats how good and powerful it is!
niggapleaz365 9 months ago
Was that actress who played Sara Jane Biracial ? She looks white to me !
drupal 9 months ago
tear jerker@IT'S BEST
joplin49b 9 months ago