Shadows Movie Review 1960

Director Cassavettes' first indie feature finds jazz player Hugh (Hurd) forced to play dives to support his brother Ben (Carruthers) and sister Lelia (Goldoni). Light-skinned enough to pass for white, Lelia takes on the uptown New York art crowd and gets involved with the white Tony (Ray), who leaves when he finds out her true heritage. Meanwhile, Ben drifts along with his friends who abandon him when trouble finds them. Script was improvised by cast.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS
Running time 87 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Brothers & Sisters, African America, Jazz & Blues, Not-So-True Identity, Interracial Affairs

Cast

Hugh Hurd, Lelia Goldoni, Ben Carruthers, Anthony Ray, Rupert Crosse, Tom Allen

Cinematography

Erich Kollmar

Director

John Cassavetes

Music

Charles Mingus, Shifi Hadi

Producer

Maurice McEndree

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1993.