Lost boundaries / an RD-DR Production ; screen adaptation by Charles Palmer ; produced by Louis de Rochemont ; directed by Alfred L. Werker.
Based on the true story of 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 fa...
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Language: | English |
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Burbank, Calif. :
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. : Warner Home Video,
2009.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Summary: |
Based on the true story of 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. |
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Note: | Originally released in 1949. Based on the book Lost boundaries by William Lindsay White. Videorecording. |
Call Number: | PN1995.9.N4 L67 2009 VideoDVD |
Credits: | Screenplay, Virginia Shaler and Eugene Ling. |
System Details: | DVD. |
Cast: |
Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas, Canada Lee, Richard Hylton. |