Post by cynthiagreen on May 28, 2019 5:21:31 GMT
Racism in movies
PINKY 1949 - Jeanne Crain passing for white
DO THE RIGHT THING 1989 - random events collide causing a race riot
HAPPY GO LUCKY - Eddie Marsan's racist driving instructor
JUNGLE FEVER - reactions to a mixed race office affair
MANDINGO lurid period potboiler with lashings of slavery, sex and violence
THE DEFIANT ONES - racist prisoner escapes chained to black man(and budget remake with gender switch BLACK MAMA WHITE MAMA)
FOXY BROWN Pam Grier takes on the mob..."the darker the berry the sweeter the juice"
SLAVES - deservedly obscure drama with Dionne Warwick in rare film role
GUESS WHOS COMING TO DINNER - Poitier so squeaky clean/presentable that they'd have been pleased even if he was green, let alone black, said THE SUNDAY TIMES, going on "Someone should remake it with the prospective addition to the family as a dope pushing homosexual flashy pimp that the girl loves..then we'd see where liberal sensibilities really belonged"
HURRY SUNDOWN - Preminger's unjustly maligned deep South epic - PEYTON PLACE with a Civil Rights Agenda- strong cast and score. It ain't subtle but its a gripping view. A must for Fonda fans.