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Pinky (1949)

Pinky (1949)

Drama

The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!

Release Date: 1949, September 28
Directors: Elia Kazan
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Rene Beard, Jeanne Crain, Blue Washington, Pat Walshe, Tom Coleman, Wilfred Jackson, Harry Tenbrook, Fred Aldrich, Michael Jeffers, Ethel Barrymore, Raymond Greenleaf, Jack Curtis

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

racism love will passing for white nursing old south