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Additional authors

1. White, William Lindsay, 1900-1973.
2. Ferrer, Mel
3. Pearson, Beatrice, 1920-1986.
4. Douglas, Susan
5. Lee, Canada
6. Hylton, Richard, 1921-1962.
7. De Rochemont, Louis, 1899-1978
8. Werker, Alfred L
9. Warner Home Video (Firm)
10. RD-DR Corporation

Description

1. 1 videocassette (99 min.) : sound, black & white; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Based on true events surrounding a light-skinned black family who pass for white in a New Hampshire town. Dr. Scott Carter is unable to secure a job as a physician because of his race so he decides "For one year of his life" to pass as a white man, but the one year becomes twenty. Eventually he and his family must confront the racism of the idyllic New Hampshire town he's served for decades. This film belongs to a forward-looking cluster of postwar films that declares war on society's ills, such as Boomerang, Pinky, and Gentleman's Agreement.

Subject

1. Johnston, Albert Chandler, 1900-
2. Johnston, Albert Chandler, 1925-
3. African Americans > Race identity > Drama
4. African American physicians > New Hampshire > Drama
5. African Americans in motion pictures
6. Passing (Identity) > Drama
7. Race relations in motion pictures
8. Racism > United States > Drama
9. United States > Race relations > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Feature films.
2. Film adaptations.

Call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-306

Note

1. Based on the book Lost Boundaries by William Lindsay White.
2. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949.

Credits (note)

1. Producer, Louis de Rochemont ; screenwriters, Virginia Shaler, Eugene Ling ; an RD-DR Production.

Performer (note)

1. Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas, Canada Lee, Richard Hylton.

System details (note)

1. Close captioned.

Title

1. Lost boundaries / directed by Alfred L. Werker.

Publisher

1. Burbank, CA. : Warner Home Video c1996.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videocassette

Cast

1. Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas, Canada Lee, Richard Hylton.

Credits

1. Producer, Louis de Rochemont ; screenwriters, Virginia Shaler, Eugene Ling ; an RD-DR Production.

System details

1. Close captioned.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Motion picture adaptation of (work): White, William Lindsay, 1900-1973. Lost Boundaries.
2. Ferrer, Mel.
3. Pearson, Beatrice, 1920-1986.
4. Douglas, Susan.
5. Lee, Canada.
6. Hylton, Richard, 1921-1962.
7. De Rochemont, Louis, 1899-1978, film producer.
8. Werker, Alfred L, film director.
9. Warner Home Video (Firm)
10. RD-DR Corporation.

Publisher no.

1. 14269 Warner Home Video

ISBN

1. 0790726696

Research call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-306