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Title:
Illusions [videorecording] / produced, written and directed by Julie Dash.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Women Make Movies,
Copyright Date:
2005?
Description:
1 videodisc (34 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
African American women executives--Drama.
African American motion picture producers and directors--Drama.
African American singers--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Drama.
Motion picture industry--Drama.
Passing (Identity)--Drama.
Experimental films.
Fiction films.
Short films.
Short films--United States.
Other Authors:
Dash, Julie. drt drt
McKee, Lonette. act
Katon, Rosanne, 1952- act
Bellamy, Ned, 1957- act
Radar, Jack. act
Chick Webb Orchestra.
Women Make Movies (Firm)
Notes:
Lonette McKee, Rosanne Katon, Ned Bellamy, Jack Radar. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.
Summary:
An exploration of Hollywood's role as a purveyor of illusion. Two black women, one a studio executive who passes for white, and one who provides the singing voice for a famous white actress, struggle to find happiness and acceptance in WWII-era Hollywood.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)81283086
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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