
Passing(2021)
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.


“The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!”
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.

Jeanne Crain
Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Ethel Barrymore
Miss Em

Ethel Waters
Dicey Johnson

William Lundigan
Dr. Thomas Adams

Basil Ruysdael
Judge Walker

Kenny Washington
Dr. Canady

Nina Mae McKinney
Rozelia

Griff Barnett
Dr. Joe McGill

Frederick O'Neal
Jake Walters

Evelyn Varden
Melba Wooley
Pinky is a drama film released in 1949 exploring themes of love, racism, will, nursing, old south, passing for white. Directed by Elia Kazan, it stars Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters. 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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