This is a movie that has a heavy racial equality message. It’s also a movie where a black woman lives and works in the home of a white woman for for over a decade and the white woman doesn’t realize the black woman has friends. It’s a movie where Lora treats Annie as an equal, but lets Annie call her “Miss Lora” for her entire life. It’s a movie where Annie’s daughter is berated for wanting to pass as white, but expects her to limit her life to “acceptable” jobs for black people.
Walk of Fame Watch: Juanita Moore
Juanita Moore was nominated for an Academy Award and A Golden Globe for this part. She appeared in over 50 films, and worked for 40 years after this movie came out.
And when did she get her star on the Walk of Fame?
October of 2024, ten years after she died. Way to be timely, Hollywood.
Today’s poster inspiration is another movie about the imitation of life.
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