Shadows (1959)
Note: this print runs 82 minutes against a recorded 87 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Lelia Goldoni, David Jones, Bobby Darin, Rupert Crosse, Ben Carruthers
Directed by John Cassavetes
Shadows is a 1958 American independent drama film directed by John Cassavetes about race relations during the Beat Generation years in New York City. The film stars Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, and Hugh Hurd as three black siblings. The film was initially shot in 1957 and shown in 1958, but a poor reception prompted Cassavetes to rework it in 1959. Promoted as a completely improvisational film, it was intensively rehearsed in 1957, and in 1959 it was fully scripted.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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