Imitation Of Life Part 10/13

This is a movie that is brilliant, beautiful, and wonderfully tragic in it's portrayal of women, friendships, and Mothers & daughters in the late 50's. As a Biracial woman I found it very powerful in it's attempt to address the complexities of racial identity . Adapted from Fannie Hurst's novel it's 1959's Imitation of Life. Starring Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda, Dan O'Herlihy, and Gospel music star Mahalia Jackson.

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• Imitation Of Life
• Lana Turner
• Juanita Moore
• John Gavin
• Sandra Dee
• Susan Kohner
• Robert Alda
• Dan O'Herlihy
• Mahalia Jackson
• racial identity
• Biracial
• women
• 1959
• Mothers
• daughters

[PepsiGurl93]

"now don't be mad honey. Nobody saw me" such a sad line. I don't know weather to pity Annie or be angry at Sarah Jane.

[evahill38]

a lot of blacks passed as white but only to better their lives & get jobs & an education but they knew who they were & they weren't ashamed, they just knew they weren't gonna get that far in life as a black person & even if they did it would take years...but the way that Sarah Jane did it was totally different her reason is because she didn't want to be black not because she wanted to get in school or do more things in life she just hated her heritage & disrespected her mother

[endlessbeauification]

i love the way they dress so stunning and classy!

[bluesugar58]

@knowledgebk305 no her mother was a concerned parent.

[7harobed]

nobody saw me...how sad?

[7harobed]

@mrmba09 do you have any kids?

[knowledgebk305]

her mother was a stalker

[MsAKA40]

@fosg2 You really did explaine that right Thank You

[polovictim]

@zarzar17 what is acting like a black person? That's why people are stereotyped now.

[cologneprince]

Is it me or does Sarah Jane resemble Katy Perry? But anyway, such an interesting plot. I saw the 1934 version of this film a couple of years ago, so I already know have an idea of how it'll end. How sad for a mother to endure what Anne has.

[fosg2]

Sarah Jane represents the tragedy of America's racial past . She had the looks to pass as white so she embraced it and tried desperately to separate herself from her blacks roots because her society view black as inferior . Unfortunately, you need Self love and acceptance before you can truly be happy . I pray for the Sarah Jane of the world .

[dollazndiamondz]

@tamaradaluvgoddess thankyou very much. especially in that time and era. biracial were black.