Films

Imitation of Life : I Look It

Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner) confides in Susie (Sandra Dee) about her new white boyfriend who doesn't know she's black. Lora (Lana Turner) argues with Steve (John Gavin) over an acting oppurtunity in Italy.

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Film Language

eyeline match, fade-out, following shot, framing, high angle, long take, low angle, low-key lighting, medium close-up, medium long shot, mobile framing, music, nondiegetic, over the shoulder shot, pan, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, Black: Blackface, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White American, White: White passing

"I Look It" in Imitation of Life. Directed by Douglas Sirk, Universal International Pictures, 1959, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2632

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Eduardo Mendoza

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