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Pinky

1949 · 102 min

A slow, earnest drama that weighs racial injustice and personal identity with quiet dignity and emotional force.

Directed by: Elia Kazan
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters

Tagline: The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!
Overview: Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

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Directed by: Elia Kazan
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
identity
family
justice
class
Places: small town
countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Written by: Dudley Nichols, Philip Dunne
Starring: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael, Kenny Washington, Nina Mae McKinney, Griff Barnett
Music: Alfred Newman
Cinematography: Joseph MacDonald
Runtime: 102 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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