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Shadows
A film not to be missed.
A film not to be missed.
Drama, Romance - 1959
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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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Details

Rated:
PG
Runtime:
87 min
Release date:
11 Nov 1959
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film 2 wins & 5 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Arguably the founding work of the American independent cinema.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
17 Jun 2003
fresh:
Shadows is an unfinished picture in every sense of the word. Yet it is fitfully dynamic, endowed with a raw but vibrant strength, conveying an illusion of being a record of real people, and it is incontestably sincere.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
A very modern, impressionistic snapshot of New York bohemia with scenes linked not by dramatic line but by place, time and mood.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
This is the only Cassavetes film made without a full script (it grew out of acting improvs), and rarely has so much warmth, delicacy, and raw feeling emerged so naturally and beautifully from performances in an American film.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
29 Apr 2007
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