Film Forum

(1949, Elia Kazan) Back from the north, passing-for-white nurse Jeanne Crain must choose between a free life with white beau William Lundigan or, as granny Ethel Walters argues, the truth. Kazan took over Hollywood’s first anti-racism film from John Ford, the tumultuous courtroom scene bearing Kazan’s personal stamp. “Directed with a fine eye for the vicious undercurrents of Southern decay… Hasn’t been given its due.” – Pauline Kael. With Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters (Oscar nomination, Best Supporting Actress), Nina Mae McKinney. DCP. Approx 102 min.