
Shadows 1959
| Release | : | 1959-11-11 |
|---|---|---|
| Runtime | : | 01 Hours 27 Minutes |
| Genre | : | Drama, Film |
| Production Companies | : | Lion International |
| Production Countries | : | United States of America |
| John Cassavetes’s directorial debut revolves around a romance in New York City between Lelia, a light- skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man. The relationship 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. Shot on location in Manhattan with a mostly nonprofessional cast and crew, Shadows is a penetrating work that is widely considered the forerunner of the American independent film movement. |