Cinematic Identity: Anatomy of a Problem Film Volume 29

by Cindy Patton

Though largely forgotten today, the 1949 film Pinky had a significant impact on the world of cinema. Directed by Elia Kazan, the film was a box office success despite dealing with the era's most taboo subjects--miscegenation and racial passing--and garnered an Academy Award nomination for its African American star, Ethel Waters. It was also historically important: when a Texas movie theater owner showing the film was arrested for violating local censorship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816634122
• ISBN13: 9780816634125
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.7"