Imitation of Life

A white, widowed mother befriends a Black single mom and domestic, whose daughter Sarah passes as white, in this cornerstone interrogation of mid-century American life.

A Black woman and her white-passing childhood friend reunite in 1920s Harlem, threatening both of their carefully constructed lives.

Two young men pretend to be gay in order to avoid the draft, a situation that spirals wildly as they expand their ruse, in this groundbreaking, controversial 1969 comedy directed by Bruce Kessler.