Pinky (1949)

Directed by Elia Kazan

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Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

Genre: Drama

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Joseph MacDonald · Composer: Alfred Newman · Editor: Harmon Jones

Production: 20th Century Fox

2 screenings currently listed

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