I Passed for White

[MostReal]

Movie about a light skin Black woman and her cacette friend making up lies so she can bedwench.
The worst thing in her life was the fear of her baby being Black

 

[Money Be Green]

Black & white movie no thank you

 

[8WON6]

Is that netflix movie a remake of this?

 

[TEH]

Is that netflix movie a remake of this?

They don’t even look white in that Netflix movie.

 

[SheWantTheD]

Where's the black woman at?

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I Passed for White · WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions​

I Passed for White sparked controversy because Sonya Wilde, a white woman, played the role of the fair-skinned black Bernice Lee. This choice angered many black Americans, especially in Hollywood, who wanted a black actress to portray Bernice. The Hollywood studio chose not to cast a black woman partly because many studios feared that white Americans would not want to see an on-screen relationship between a real black woman and white man. To avoid controversy, they cast a white actress instead of a fair-skinned black actress (BlackClassicMovies.com). Sonya Wilde’s whiteness, and the flexibility afforded to the film because of it, is apparent in the promotional materials for the film as well.

 

[JT-Money]

Isn't there a Netflix movie about this?

 

[MostReal]

Is that netflix movie a remake of this?

Sort of but this is from a 1st person perspective, Netflix is 3rd person

 

[MostReal]

Where's the black woman at?

Light skinned "black woman" should have been put in quotes

 

[Yinny]

What’s the name of that movie where the girl ran away and denied her Black mom because she was ashamed of her?

 

[MostReal]

What’s the name of that movie where the girl ran away and denied her Black mom because she was ashamed of her?

Imitation of Life

 

[Dad]

Why are cacs always directing these movies? Weird.

 

[beenz]

Imitation of Life

this is the one I'm familiar with as well.

 

[Yinny]

Imitation of Life

Thanks it was so good!

 

[KingJay]

I just randomly skipped to 8:55 and the first line I hear is "I wish I could be a real negro"
What kinda Pinocchio shyt is this