What I found puzzling was that her husband had a fit about the maid putting her hands on lyla finding that so offensive but the same hands were cooking the food that went in his stomach😨
My parents were from the south, and they were not allowed to touch white people. THEY also were not allowed to try on shoes or clothes in the stores they had a foot cut out thing they used. It's sad. They could touch the clothes to clean them, but once they had them on? Nooooo. Just stupid.
I’m 83 and remember this when it first came out. There was so much prejudice back then, it was more than just controversial it was taboo. We’ve come a long way. Martin Luther King died opening our eyes, may he RIP!
I’m biracial. I exist because MLK and other civil rights heroes, especially the anonymous heroes that marched and organized voters, risking or losing their lives in the process. Also decent white people like you that showed support by voting and/or marching. Our world isn’t perfect but we’ve come a long way.
We still have a ways to go oh trust me. Matter of fact is making a great comeback in peoples faces. It never went away. It’s just starting to get loud again.
Can you tell us what kind of things were spoken about the film and its subject matter? The attitudes over it? Any remarks? It would be fascinating to hear from an actual eyewitness to those events and times...
We will never have racial equality it was silly idea. Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X Muhammad Ali, Dr Khalid all saw this. There is no shame in admitting we are all racist.
Yes, the girl should have told him the truth from the beginning.Then, that would have proved to her that he loved her, no matter what. It, is sad to see men to say that they love a woman. And, then really she is hiding something. And, when the truth comes out. They cannot accept it. I am so glad that Prince Harry accepted Megan Markle, for who she was. And, her family Heritage was included in the wedding ceremony.
The black skin is not a badge of shame but a glorious symbol of national greatness. Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Im black African and I'm proud. Thanks my ancestors Garvey.
Wow! I have no idea how I ended up watching the entire movie at 4 am. I am European and I have a daughter that is half black, and I can tell you that I have dealt with this kind of narrow minded thinking ever since she was born. My daughter was thought to be proud of her European and black heritage and to always remember she is a perfect creation made out of true love! We just lost her dad and I can tell you the pain is unbearable but looking at her I am reminded of his incredible love and how blessed I was to know him and be honored to be able to bring a beautiful daughter into the world! Love is blind in our most vulnerable times!!
Thank you for not hiding the African heritage side of her. which many parents of half black children do unfortunately. you must make sure they acknowledge and be educated about their history
It’s amazing that the main theme of all of these “passing” movies is “be who you are” and “stay in your lane” as opposed to don’t discriminate and marginalize others!
Or another take could be, honesty is the best policy. Look at all that she went through trying to keep all of the lies on track. Her grandmother told her it would be that way. And for all that she went through living a lie, and for all the lies she had to tell, the net results were that she was miserably unhappy and it just wasn't worth it. It wasn't until she hit the reset button and went back to being her authentic self was she able to relax and find joy and happiness again. Good for her; wiser and happier; can't beat that. 😀
It's actually a good theme. Think how horrible she was, she lied to Rick, she invented a fake family, she allowed him to believe she was having an affair, and when he needed time to think, she packed her bags and went home to her family. I'm not saying you have to disclose your biracial status to everyone, but how about the man you're dating?
Jahleesa Kid, Thank you. Me too! I held my breath 2 other times: 1. When mil said "when you see your aunt and your mother" and it freaked the girl out. Surprise! I thought they were going to be downstairs. That the mil had played her & was going to confront her in front of her real family, all the guests and Rick. 😬 2. Preacher: Is there anyone here who believes that this man & woman shouldnt be joined in holy matrimony?" Me: Thinking somebody was going to jump up and expose everything: 😱
This movie came out before our first muslim POTUS was born. He passed for black, even though his mother was just as white as my mother. I'm called a racist, because I vehemently disagreed with him, his policies and knew he was lying about his past.
I think that was the most racist thing about this film! Bea/Lila letting loose and dancing freely was code for only black people dance like uncontrollable wild alley cats! Like it was just part of their nature. This film was is so incredibly dated it’s laughable looking back on this bullshit.
i saw a preview for this movie in a theater in Fort Wayne back in 1960, but the theater never showed the movie. Now i can see it, 59 years later. Thank you.
You know music hit us different than other people. Yea she waving to the band but did acknowledge her own brother. That's crazy and had the nerve to go home after doing that B.S
I agree and I felt like she shouldn’t have been dancing with all those men out of respect for her husband. Because I wouldn’t be ok with my husband dancing with other women.
Isnt that the pot calling the kettle black. As if women ever accept responsibility for their actions. They wear extremely revealing clothing and then flip out when they are "objectified". They know what they are doing when they dress like that. They want to feel "sexy" but then get made when someone tells them they're sexy?! Same way with that my body, my choice bullshit. It stopped being your choice the minute you engaged in an activity that creates a child, which has two parents. Each of which have rights and responsibilities concerning that child. But somehow women want to dance around that responsibility with; my body, my choice. So it's not just men who dont like to accept responsibility for their actions.
NRGRLSD Okay but what about women and little girls who don’t wear revealing clothing that get sexualized and objectified on a daily??? Clothing isn’t an excuse to treat someone like they aren’t human. But you’re a man and would NEVER understand. Just like how white people could never understand what being black is like.
I’m 77 years old and I remember these days. I cried then and my heart hurts so. The injustices that still exist on many fronts must grieve our Lord. He died on Calvary and some day this will happen.
Yep! The woman in the movie even said "if he finds out, you'll be gone." Aka dead. She shouldn't have married him in the first place but that's the lesson of the movie. No matter how much you try you can't be white so just accept who you are and fight for the right to be seen as an equal even if you're not white or passing. Lots of people today try to agree with white people thinking they'll be treated equally but at the end of the day there's no point unless society changes to just accept you as you are.
This appeared in my recommendations and I'm captivated by the fashion, tone, and way they speak. So elegant and classy. Im feeling nostalgic as if I was born during this period.
This movie shows how seriously America use to take the one drop rule. This concept is lost in our society today but still practiced behind closed doors.
Men had to fit in too. Everybody had responsibilities and expectations in those days. Some of them were bad, but we threw them all out and society fell apart. Black communities and black families were strong in those days. Everybody had a father. Then the liberals came along and said screw that you dont need no man, and the government will pay you to have kids. Then society fell apart.
This sort of stuff actually happened 😳! My mother's side of the family passes for white. Their lineage is traced back to slave owners and real American Indians. I love them all...we r very close. I'm brown skin bc of my Father's Father's side. My parents r 82 yrs young now and I'm almost 60 now. They grew up in Southern Virginia. They farmed, picked cotton and chopped peanuts growing up. I used to love hearing how my Mom and Aunt (when they were teens) would go to the corner store and sit at the counter and purchase chips and candy and some times the occasional sandwiches for their brothers, cousins and friends who waited around the back of the store. (Their brothers were slightly darker bc of the sun, as they helped work their family's farm). My grandfather on my Father's side was a very dark skinned man...bc of his skin tone, I've always loved black men, not brown skinned, but black! Grandfather's lineage is traced back to slave owners. Lot's of white and mixed relatives! Unfortunately, my white relatives on my Father's side, were not accepting then, and they r no closer now! When I go to Virginia to visit, I make it my business to pop up at the white family owned business and walk around and walk around, strike up a conversation and tell them who I am and watch them die inside, just a little more! Hilarious!!! Our family tree is just AWESOME. We r truly a diverse people, on both sides. The best part of my adult life, as a brown skinned black woman, has been attending my family reunions, meeting my relatives and the photos we share afterwards! All of my People, related or not, r simply BEAUTIFUL!!! We r a GREAT and WONDERFUL people ❤!!! We've struggled as a people, but God HAS NOT FAILED US!! We r smart! We r educated! We r resourceful! We r patient! We know God WILL take care of each and every one of us, if we just wait!
"I dont know what he THINKS but he dont KNOW nothing!" Whew Chile! The shaaaade! Bertha (The Maid) was the real mvp. She had her back cuz shes tired of being the only person of color. She played herself on the dance floor though! All that pelvic thrusting...no maam. That was the original twerking. I really enjoyed this film.
@@kayshawnsimmons6822 He and his family were definitely racists! And notice this---they were from California! I keep trying to tell people that racism has no borders. Their marriage would definitely have been illegal in the South beforehand the Loving decision in 1967. I don't know if their marriage would have been illegal in California.
After she put that black 🐱 on him he wouldn’t have cared 🤷🏽♀️ it would of secretly bothered him because if his up bringing but he would of still been tappin that white chocolate 😹😹😹
Isn’t it so simple to watch a movie that doesn’t have cell phones, computers, slow fabulous people watching. Wasn’t born in this generation but it translates growing up with immigrant grandparents. Dialogue is so important, not special effects. The background music is so telling of what going to happen... 😂 No Rick wasn’t worth it. Mrs. Car? Did your white husband have red blood 🩸
@@hilariaguzman6638 look up origin of everything lesson on "passing" for black folks it's happened since slave days. 2 famous examples were a slave lady who passed for white with a dark skinned freedman acting as her slave until they reached freedom. Another was one of the main spies that she passed for Spanish during the texas war of independence by being one of santa Ana's lovers. Her nickname was the yellow rose of texas; I'd have to google her birth name since i haven't written about her since middle school. So. Yeah. Passing for different races isn't new and in some cases changed actual history
Sally was indeed awesome! I'm glad they had a portrayal of a non-racist white person, even she was still accepting the status quo and not really standing up for Black people as a whole. But she cared about Lilah. So did Bertha. It was sweet when she comforted Lilah. I wish Lilah and Bertha could have been friends too.
The message was clear. "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive". That quote covers every race. We cannot build a healthy relationship with a lie at the foundation.
@@stacyeandrew2 - Are you mad?? The discussion here is about racism, not religion? Now you're placing your ideals above the Black American communities who have suffered horrifying inhumane past of racism, rape, slavery, physically beaten, stolen, publicly whipped, murdered. Survived and stood against the likes of The KKK, separated from families by force Just a few examples even you should already be aware of or taught at school. 400 years of slavery and the continual struggle to be treated as equals even after Martin Luther King, through to Nelson Mandela's fight for racial harmony. Racism still rears its ugly face on a global scale today. This film is just one example of the many sides of racism. Its release was in the year 1960 but still isn't good enough to live and coexist together. But also, what of your Indigenous people of America? Are you saying that all the past and present struggles of hatred, racism, murder, slavery should just be swept under a carpet and forgotten about because it's, more of a convenience to you or others who think like you? Or you just don't want to know? The Black American people have absolutely every right to stand their ground. Another Black American shot in his own home by a white policewoman? Black people reported to police from white people because they look suspicious, or threatening, or even stared at these white women or they're in a residential area where it's predominantly white. Nutcases call the police making all sorts of racist assumptions that still exist in 2019 along with paranoia. You obviously advocate for Religion. Nothing wrong with that, however, there's too many treacherous leeches who hide behind Religion to mask hidden agendas. So if you are of Christian faith, I would have thought you would have at least showed more compassion for a community who still aren't treated or respected as equals. One would have assumed of your Christian faith you'd at least have the utmost integrity and have a little bit more understanding. decency to its past cruel treatment of Black Americans and acknowledge it's dark past and blood of Black and Indian Americans, forced, contributed to the development of what America is today. Don't you think your comment makes you 2 faced and a hypocrite?? First you mention Jesus Christ and judgement day and interpretation of racism yet your clearly have a distaste for Black Americans. It's clear your white entitlement says it's all about you and the usual Black people stereotype. So do not preach racism to me when you clearly are clueless about your comments. It is of no wonder that your ideals are selfish, arrogant, self-entitled and to say to the rest of what you say supersedes everyone else's? It's 2019 and racism is openly showcased like it's proud and celebrated and to say it's okay to put other races down with the mentality of your president who hates Mexicans, women of all colours and white who don't yield or put up with his utter arrogance. He demands respect but fails miserably to reflect the meaning of the word is and how it should be for everyone. At least have the decency to include Black people as American. Or should I just assume you think they're all the same regardless if they're USA born or not? Horrendous mistakes of the past, reap what you sew.
@Jo Jo My comment had nothing racial about it. I didn't attack anyone. My mother is black. My father was white. All of my siblings are mixed. I have 1 black brother-in-law and one Indian. brother-in-law. My children are mixed as well as my 5 mixed nephews and nieces. My family grew up without racial bashing. So you see, I'm not one of those "people" that you referred to. My mother taught us humility. And I love all races.
@Jo Jo I feel sorry for you. We are all brothers and sisters under the skin and God loves us all despite our ignorance. I'll remember you in my prayers. God bless you jo -jo
They crack me up how their dramatic cries always sounded the same, then they would either throw themselves into the arms of the man or onto a chair or bed. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The maid knew what the ☕was when B stepped in that house, I wouldn't be surprised if Ol boy wasn't hitting her and he secretly got a thing for black girls which why he was on B bumper so hard
I recall seeing this movie back in the '60s approximately 55 years ago to be exact,I didn't quite comprehend as a kid but now I fully understand. I truly believe that the modern black woman would not go through these leaps and bounds just to be with a white man or any other man for that matter.
@Kimberlee Ponson IT IS SOMEWHAT ADDICTIVE !! IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALWAYS FIND SOME NEW HIDDEN NUANCE , THAT YOU NEVER NOTICED BEFORE , EVERYTIME YOU WATCH IT !!!...
I'm a white black person and I really needed to watch this. Very few experience what it is like to be rejected by both sides of your biracial identity just because you have light skin but to be different looking enough to be labeled as "not us" from both sides. Thank you for posting
Don’t worry about those who judge you for who you truly are in being different just remember if you have faith and belief in the lord god the almighty and that god himself only creates all life then you should know by now that god does not make mistakes but we do so you are beautiful in the sight of God and you are who he made you and for reason all others are missing out on what you have and what you can give and share to the world we have no right to judge others according to the word of god but we do have an obligation to obey his word. God doesn’t make mistakes so you are special in many ways.
How sad that during that time the black people who were light skinned had to pretend to be white in order to live comfortably in this world but they had to tell lies because if they told the truth there was hell to pay. I am not light skinned but I do have family members who are light skinned and can mingle with the white race. Life for black people in that time was not good (I do not have tell all). The sad part is that black people in this day and time are still being treated unequal.
Fictional treatment of this was a thing for years . It usually told the story in one way . The final point of the drama was not to show the wrongs of prejudice , but to warn whites away from too much sympathy for other races . Some versions of the theme meant well , but not many .
She came from my hometown, Richmond, Virginia. There were many ,men and women that left the South to start over as whites, or "pass." It was a goal to get a better life, but what they lost was contacts with their families, fear of their own children "not passing" when born, and just living a lie. I think they also lost who they were, if they ever knew. But that lie was created because they really didn't do it with malice: it was more out of upward mobility and finding a better place because they wanted better. We can't really judge these men and women - they were survivors of a bad time period. I think what we can learn from this is we can accept people for their character and their individualism, not their race. I watched this and it was pretty much what I have seen and heard in literature (Joe Christmas, by Faulkner, never "passed" but he never knew what he "was"). Just a wow in the 21st century to watch this tonight! The best friend in the movie was a good person. Imitation of Life is an old movie that is better than this one. By the way, Bertha was great too. I think Bea made the right decision at the end to be true to herself and go home.
She should have been honest from the beginning. Who would want to live their life as a lie? It's the brave ones like Sidney Poitier who never denied who he was and went out and helped change the world. Blacks & whites alike love & admire him to this day. He never engaged in violence. He just worked hard, developed his talents & became the best person he could be.
@@annemccarron2281 Sidney Poitier couldn't have passed for white ever. Same goes for Obama. On the other hand, I met a guy who has white skin and afro hair, at first I didn't know he was biracial, but he told me, and then I realized it's rare for white people to grow hair like that, all told like the white-looking actor from House Party, who's also biracial. Half Jamaican, half Irish, just like my friend.
@@user-gn2rb7oo3s I agree, he doesn't even have sexy curly black hair. He looks whiter than Meghan Markle. Meghan's skin looks olive, like a permanent tan. Meghan didn't even come out as biracial for many years, now she claims she's black just so she can accuse her critics of racism.
@@annemccarron2281do you remember the part where she didn’t get the job. She couldn’t have been in the situations she was in including the plane scene. Blacks and whites were seated separately on airplanes. The movie couldn’t have occurred without her passing. They didn’t pass because they were lazy they passed because whiteness was an advantage
I don't know how I ended up watching this entire film but chiiiiiiillllld the stress of it all! That poor baby didn't stand a chance. I couldn't imagine always being on edge and continually having to make up lies. He wouldn't have accepted her he clearly didn't like black people at all except for the maid. She showed her hand when she got out there and did her jig a little too hard!😂😂😂 That friend though! She's the real MVP!
extremely difficult themes to see here, but one thing i'll say i really like how the female relationships were portrayed.. . given this was 1960 i was worried the friend might betray her or the housekeeper might threaten to blow the whistle, but all the women really had her back and the family welcomed her home without judgement.. . as dated as a lot of the elements are, i've gotta give it credit for painting a pretty modern portrait about true friends and family..
It was probably considered "romantic" back then. However him saying he threatened the receptionist to tell him were he worked? I'm surprised that wasn't a major red flag even back then.
We must keep loyal to our true selves! I Hated that she traded her integrity for a rude, controlling, and racist household who she was aware wouldn´t love her for who she truly was. It made me sick.
It has taken me a little while to fully comprehend these blood line results, but it explains a lot to me. After some years my bloodline returned to America via Virginia, Carolinas, Maryland. Wow, assimilation. I am a mixed rainbow. My family is very diverse. My grand kids are 1/2 Chinese, and the others are 1/2 Norwegian and Scandinavian, they are no longer brown skinned, all of them are the colors of their parents partners. I love all my kids and grandkids, there is no color differences when I see my babies. I am blessed and proud my kids, and grandkids, there are no regrets on my part.
Chrysi Chrysi Racism wasn’t born in America. Western (ahem, European) countries were out there colonizing damn near every other country and pushing racist propaganda that portrayed nonwhites as beastly, inferior beings to justify it all.... Before the U.S. even existed!
I am fascinated by obscure old movies dealing with race & mixed heritage people being of mixed ancestry myself. Thanks for sharing, I'm gonna check this out!🎥
Great movie. Watching for the first time in 2019. I need 5 amazing friends to chill with and dress like the 1960s. So elegant, feminine and beautiful. 😍
Rick was a toxic man from the beginning. He basically tried controlling her the whole entire movie (forcing her to drink, forcing himself on her, forcing her to get married). She did a great job staying strong through all of it though. I think the this movie did a great job of showing viewers that black Americans in those times could literally die for being black in the wrong place. She knew the truth would get her killed or put her in greater confinement so she chose to leave. Great movie choice reelblack.
Thank you! Dude was racist and entitled. Their marriage was not good. A lot of hardheaded romantics making comments on this movie without looking at this dude's character. Glad that her family welcomed her back.
She made the choices and made the lies. She could have told him the truth, told him to take a hike and get lost, but she didn't. She chose to lie, lie, lie marry him and then run away. She dissed her family and was fake af. She had no character, she wasn't a victim, she was the problem.
Ben Lucas ohh! So everything that she went through was her fault because she had total control of every single situation she was in. Awesome. Have a great day.
I was surprised I watched the whole thing, too. I think it was a good movie the way the main character went home to embrace her ethnicity, her family and boyfriend.
He was the one that wanted to get married to a lady he didn't get a chance to know. He married her off of her looks. SOOOOOOOO He is angry of the things he found out later.MMMMMM
Martika Thomas EXACTLY!!! That's FAMILY and she just denied him! What happened to picking up a Pen and writing a letter telling your family about your shenigans?!? He out here taking punches and what not for her lies
he call himself defending his wife, he was jealous, lots of guys would have done that regardless of color, he was already trippin bout the attention she was getting on the dance floor, I feel u though, his racism really showed in that scene. "black jazz cat friends" how can she share the bed with that, but baby in the stomach and ring on her finger already at that point. She was more worried about getting exposed.
@@nola06 yup. Black recpgnize Black. Even when its "white." Remember that mess of a movie Queen and the exchange between halle berry and lonette mckee? This phenomenon of "passing" is part of our history as Black People in this country,and goes deeper than people think.
@@missshannon9790 J. Edgar Hoover passed. He had relatives that were Black and they knew he was too. Self-Hatred and power to focus on bringing down Martin Luther King and others at all costs, to deflect from him and his Black roots. Look at a younger picture of Hoover; it's evident.
She didn’t think he'd be able to find her? Honey don’t you remember how he joe goldberg’d his way to your office party 👀 the amount of anxiety this movie gave me
Yeah but that was with her fake name and he knew where she was staying at so he was able to get the information...she never told him where she was really from or her real name...
The irony.... a black-and-white film about color.
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Excally that is why times ”changed” in 1969 into color
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Why didn't she just tell him... and how in the world did I end up watching this?🤣🤣
My thoughts exactly!
Bernard Kelly 😂
I asked myself that very same question 🤣
Same lol
I declare!!
What I found puzzling was that her husband had a fit about the maid putting her hands on lyla finding that so offensive but the same hands were cooking the food that went in his stomach😨
I didn't get that logic either
Just like we were animals in slave days but our women cooked the food and raised their children...latched to their breast even...🤔🤦🏾
Of course nothing white people believed about race made sense but they did n still believe in their nonsense. So puzzling.
My parents were from the south, and they were not allowed to touch white people. THEY also were not allowed to try on shoes or clothes in the stores they had a foot cut out thing they used. It's sad. They could touch the clothes to clean them, but once they had them on? Nooooo. Just stupid.
Agreed.
I’m 83 and remember this when it first came out. There was so much prejudice back then, it was more than just controversial it was taboo. We’ve come a long way. Martin Luther King died opening our eyes, may he RIP!
I’m biracial. I exist because MLK and other civil rights heroes, especially the anonymous heroes that marched and organized voters, risking or losing their lives in the process. Also decent white people like you that showed support by voting and/or marching. Our world isn’t perfect but we’ve come a long way.
nothing has changed its still the same, just more modern
We still have a ways to go oh trust me. Matter of fact is making a great comeback in peoples faces. It never went away. It’s just starting to get loud again.
Can you tell us what kind of things were spoken about the film and its subject matter? The attitudes over it? Any remarks? It would be fascinating to hear from an actual eyewitness to those events and times...
We will never have racial equality it was silly idea. Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X Muhammad Ali, Dr Khalid all saw this. There is no shame in admitting we are all racist.
Who else is watching this in 2020? Idk how this even came up in my recommendation
@Candice Wynter me too 6/2020
Me too it's a agenda....
Just found this. Looked intresting in this because I'm mixed - Black dad and white mom.
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me June...watched part of it and fell asleep. I want to finish watching it.
Home girl should’ve just said she a whole orphan 😭 these lies getting me anxious
Exactly, I was thinking why she didn’t say she didn’t know her parents.
Frrr, but you know Rick would’ve flipped the whole town over trying to find secrets about Lyla.
Yes, the girl should have told him the truth from the beginning.Then, that would have proved to her that he loved her, no matter what. It, is sad to see men to say that they love a woman. And, then really she is hiding something. And, when the truth comes out. They cannot accept it. I am so glad that Prince Harry accepted Megan Markle, for who she was. And, her family Heritage was included in the wedding ceremony.
Ophelia Bolder True, I’m glad the royals are accepting to all people. Harry even supports blm 🖤
That’s what I was thinking! “I have no idea who my parents are” is a solid lie lol
The black skin is not a badge of shame but a glorious symbol of national greatness. Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Im black African and I'm proud. Thanks my ancestors Garvey.
"Up you mighty race! You can accomplish what you will." - Marcus Garvey
The self-haters need to know that.
Proud to be black
To raatid
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i'm with you!!! PROUD TO BE BLACK...we are the best if you think about it....we are always imitated
Wow! I have no idea how I ended up watching the entire movie at 4 am. I am European and I have a daughter that is half black, and I can tell you that I have dealt with this kind of narrow minded thinking ever since she was born. My daughter was thought to be proud of her European and black heritage and to always remember she is a perfect creation made out of true love! We just lost her dad and I can tell you the pain is unbearable but looking at her I am reminded of his incredible love and how blessed I was to know him and be honored to be able to bring a beautiful daughter into the world! Love is blind in our most vulnerable times!!
Thank you for not hiding the African heritage side of her. which many parents of half black children do unfortunately. you must make sure they acknowledge and be educated about their history
Omg!! I'm doing that right now!!!! Its weird that you said that
My Deepest Condolences 💖❤️💜💖❤️💜💖💖🤗
Unusual for a half-caste child to have a dad nowadays,well done.
Megan should watch this marckle sorry if I didn’t spell her last name right yea
I don’t know what i’m more confused about....how the heck this came on my recommended or why I’m sitting here over an hour in.........
Yes me to😂
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Love it! Such amazing cultural movies !
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Same here
I love black and white movies 🍿
I love the way they use to dress back then!! ♥️
The soundtrack is always so beautiful too
Natural Spring Solace that too!!♥️
The actress is lovely and her clothes are gorgeous! Nice little film.
Because they used live, real bands back then
Yes, and such itty bitty waistlines!
Her friend is a real one, forming the fake relatives list, routing bridal gifts, and Western Union 'our regrets' telegrams lol
Lifestyle with Abby This is how group projects should work! Every doing their part. ☠️
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she was unrealistically great
Sally had time honey !
Right!
It’s amazing that the main theme of all of these “passing” movies is “be who you are” and “stay in your lane” as opposed to don’t discriminate and marginalize others!
Sadly, that was the way things were back then.
Or another take could be, honesty is the best policy. Look at all that she went through trying to keep all of the lies on track. Her grandmother told her it would be that way. And for all that she went through living a lie, and for all the lies she had to tell, the net results were that she was miserably unhappy and it just wasn't worth it. It wasn't until she hit the reset button and went back to being her authentic self was she able to relax and find joy and happiness again. Good for her; wiser and happier; can't beat that. 😀
It's actually a good theme. Think how horrible she was, she lied to Rick, she invented a fake family, she allowed him to believe she was having an affair, and when he needed time to think, she packed her bags and went home to her family. I'm not saying you have to disclose your biracial status to everyone, but how about the man you're dating?
@@blucolife 1:24:00 so strange
@@blucolife Yes I agree with you she should have told her date it is so important to be honest.
I wanted her to tell her husband so bad..oh well. She should've told the truth the minute he touched her brother tf. Family first.
Back when friends could keep a secret
You ain't lying!💯💯💯
The Purple Dahlia
And friends were true friends.
Carol Reid. Accurate lol
Right!
So true !!!!
"THE BABY, IS IT BLACK?"
*camera pans to husband in the corner*
Yall I SCREAMED!!! The anxiety this movie gave me is insane lmao
Jahleesa Kid, Thank you. Me too! I held my breath 2 other times: 1. When mil said "when you see your aunt and your mother" and it freaked the girl out. Surprise! I thought they were going to be downstairs. That the mil had played her & was going to confront her in front of her real family, all the guests and Rick. 😬 2. Preacher: Is there anyone here who believes that this man & woman shouldnt be joined in holy matrimony?" Me: Thinking somebody was going to jump up and expose everything: 😱
Yes
SIS I CANT BREATHEER SKDKDOKDKF
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No
I wouldn’t of had enough guts. That’s dangerous business back in those days.
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore
This movie came out before our first muslim POTUS was born. He passed for black, even though his mother was just as white as my mother. I'm called a racist, because I vehemently disagreed with him, his policies and knew he was lying about his past.
@@mikegee8875 Get Lost please
@@EzeICE Thanks for saying that!
@@mikegee8875 We don't want your stupid WS lies here troll! Like the man said---get lost!
She was getting away with the lies... until she started doing the Wakanda dance ! 😂Her blackness came out by accident 🤣
I think that was the most racist thing about this film! Bea/Lila letting loose and dancing freely was code for only black people dance like uncontrollable wild alley cats! Like it was just part of their nature. This film was is so incredibly dated it’s laughable looking back on this bullshit.
Yeah but to be honest that is the reason why I could tell a white passing black person from a mile away.
YESSS!!🤭🤭🤭🤣
These commentsssss😂😂😂😂
hotgritz4sho I find this less offensive than the stereotype where White people can’t dance to a rhythm.
How would they know who’s white and black when everything’s gray
This comments underrated
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you are a fool!
Lmao. There were no P.O.C back then.
I’m crying wtf 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭
i saw a preview for this movie in a theater in Fort Wayne back in 1960, but the theater never showed the movie. Now i can see it, 59 years later. Thank you.
Wowwwwww, beautiful ❤
Just amazing wow
Uh how old are you?
Mike Oak Awww 59 years later bless
How sad though! Proof that White America was and is still sick.
I knew her dancing would give her true identity away!
🤦♀️ lol 😂
They lost me at the part where she's walking in the rain nope she is 100% white
😂😂😂I had the same thought 😂😂
Lmao I was hollering!!!! 😂😂😂😂
Lol
How? She is mixed
She forgot that she was passing when she got on that dance 💃 floor sis even waved to the brother's 😂😂
Lol!!!
You know music hit us different than other people. Yea she waving to the band but did acknowledge her own brother. That's crazy and had the nerve to go home after doing that B.S
I was thinking the same thing lol. The dancing will give it away.🤣
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😂😹
The housekeeper clocked her immediately.
Maria Selene Official 😂😂😂
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And His mother knew something wasn't right.
Yes she did
@SOUTHPARK KEN we know our own kind no matter how light your skin gets
at this point idk what my recommended does anymore..
Hahaha I'm asking myself the same thing.
Same!
Lmbo same here, i just go with the flow 🤷🏽
Right! Lol
Yall 4 suck. This was a good ass movie
❤ who's watching in 2024 ?
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Would've been funny to see her hair turn into an afro in that rain scene..lmaao
Lmao!
Yes! That would have added some more realness 👍🏼
If they have sex he'll see she's mixed by her hair down south
I can't believe these comments. Who knows what her hair was like with a 100% white grandfather. Some white girls natural long hair gets frizzy too.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂yo you got me fu(King cryinggggg!!!!
Really hate how he blames her for all his friends wanting to dance with her. She "made them do it". Men are never responsible for their own actions
Rick was extremely insecure
I agree and I felt like she shouldn’t have been dancing with all those men out of respect for her husband. Because I wouldn’t be ok with my husband dancing with other women.
Isnt that the pot calling the kettle black. As if women ever accept responsibility for their actions. They wear extremely revealing clothing and then flip out when they are "objectified". They know what they are doing when they dress like that. They want to feel "sexy" but then get made when someone tells them they're sexy?! Same way with that my body, my choice bullshit. It stopped being your choice the minute you engaged in an activity that creates a child, which has two parents. Each of which have rights and responsibilities concerning that child. But somehow women want to dance around that responsibility with; my body, my choice. So it's not just men who dont like to accept responsibility for their actions.
NRGRLSD 🤢
NRGRLSD Okay but what about women and little girls who don’t wear revealing clothing that get sexualized and objectified on a daily??? Clothing isn’t an excuse to treat someone like they aren’t human. But you’re a man and would NEVER understand. Just like how white people could never understand what being black is like.
I loved the fact that the black guy fought back and didn't back down like a coward.
Something you rarely see in today's cinema
I was shocked cause they would lynch a black guy in a heartbeat for that. He was ready to risk it all lol
Yeah but you know realistically if he had been in the south he would have been lynched
@@denisedean2446 Not all black people backed down many fought even if it meant their demise.
@@apriljoixrush I was even more shocked that they kicked the white guy out of the club!
I’m 77 years old and I remember these days. I cried then and my heart hurts so. The injustices that still exist on many fronts must grieve our Lord. He died on Calvary and some day this will happen.
Oh, please. It's worst today in the hood than it ever has been and I bet you couldn't care less.
Someone asked "Why didn't she tell him?!?!?!" OMG. Time for an American History lesson.
so true!! the origin or everything has a great lesson on "passing"
Ma’am! 😩😂😂😂
True, but I would have been curious to see what a 1960's white man's reaction would be to finding out he married a black woman.
Emily Morrison oh he would’ve lost his damn mind baby girl plain as that ... White men are fragile
Yep! The woman in the movie even said "if he finds out, you'll be gone." Aka dead. She shouldn't have married him in the first place but that's the lesson of the movie. No matter how much you try you can't be white so just accept who you are and fight for the right to be seen as an equal even if you're not white or passing. Lots of people today try to agree with white people thinking they'll be treated equally but at the end of the day there's no point unless society changes to just accept you as you are.
Damn! I planned on watching just 5 minutes....I stopped watching at the end of the movie.
😂 same. Told myself I would watch it until I could find something better. Turns out I never did.
I don't even know how this showed up in my feed...
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Same 🤣
Same here.
I think the saddest part was her husband punching her brother and she didn’t/couldn’t do a thing to stop it
The so called husband would have done much worse to her had she told him who she was!
Mimimosa That part of this movie really hurt me. I wish she had just told the truth in the beginning.
That was disrespectful and spoke to her true inner feelings
Kayshawn Simmons she would have been up too.
This appeared in my recommendations and I'm captivated by the fashion, tone, and way they speak. So elegant and classy. Im feeling nostalgic as if I was born during this period.
This movie shows how seriously America use to take the one drop rule. This concept is lost in our society today but still practiced behind closed doors.
@49jubilee J. Edgar Hoover might also have passed for white. Lots of secrets with that a-hole.
Uhhh people are still like this ..there is no post racial society stop spreading you're bs
@49jubilee So Obama wasn't the first black president, huh?
@@timbo7873 yep, he was definitely a passer and made it to the top.
@@angelasmith3967 by America's racial laws...no
Sally was a true homie! She kept the girl code strong. Bertha, the maid, knew right off what time it was the minute she saw Lila.
Ain't that the truth. I've been able to do the same at times, especially in the workplace for some reason.
So true 💢
Precisely my thoughts!
Everybody’s saying Sally was a true friend. Can Bertha get a shoutout though?!
They both ride or die. Bertha could have stepped up sooner though.
Berths washed also.
Bertha could have burst her bubble real quick. She probably wanted to see the husband squirm... he was prejudiced and insecure.
Bertha knew from day one! We always know our people!
Yes Sally was a true friend👌👏👍
I wish they still make Movies like this this is too good !
This movie is as much about sexism as racism -- a woman giving up her identity to fit herself into the institution of marriage.
I agree
Men had to fit in too. Everybody had responsibilities and expectations in those days. Some of them were bad, but we threw them all out and society fell apart.
Black communities and black families were strong in those days. Everybody had a father. Then the liberals came along and said screw that you dont need no man, and the government will pay you to have kids. Then society fell apart.
tubester4567 im latina, youre right lol destruction of the nuclear family is part of many reasons of why us POC are where we are now
She gave up her identity to get a job, the marriage was a bonus. Well at first.
@@tubester4567 I agree but sexism isn't OK.
WHO ELSE HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS MOVIE EVER EXISTED , OR WHY IN THE HELL YOU CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT ???....
@Eseercam WOW....THAT'S AWESOME !!!...THOSE ARE REAL COLLECTORS ITEMS !!!...
@Eseercam I have pinky and imitation of life
I cant stop watching bc im reminded of the past which is necessary to understand present n future..
@@latoyajackson786 THAT'S A GREAT AND VERY INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVE !!!...
What a bizarre movie. Painful to watch all the ignorance and stupidity.
That Sally was the real MVP. Now that's a friend.
Renata J. The maid too💯
Renata J. I was waiting for the betrayal
Marishea Silver Same I was waiting for Sally to sell Lyla out. But she didn’t, she’s a real one! ❤️❤️
Yes, Sally was a true friend
This sort of stuff actually happened 😳!
My mother's side of the family passes for white. Their lineage is traced back to slave owners and real American Indians.
I love them all...we r very close.
I'm brown skin bc of my Father's Father's side. My parents r 82 yrs young now and I'm almost 60 now. They grew up in Southern Virginia. They farmed, picked cotton and chopped peanuts growing up.
I used to love hearing how my Mom and Aunt (when they were teens) would go to the corner store and sit at the counter and purchase chips and candy and some times the occasional sandwiches for their brothers, cousins and friends who waited around the back of the store. (Their brothers were slightly darker bc of the sun, as they helped work their family's farm).
My grandfather on my Father's side was a very dark skinned man...bc of his skin tone, I've always loved black men, not brown skinned, but black!
Grandfather's lineage is traced back to slave owners. Lot's of white and mixed relatives!
Unfortunately, my white relatives on my Father's side, were not accepting then, and they r no closer now!
When I go to Virginia to visit, I make it my business to pop up at the white family owned business and walk around and walk around, strike up a conversation and tell them who I am and watch them die inside, just a little more!
Hilarious!!!
Our family tree is just AWESOME.
We r truly a diverse people, on both sides.
The best part of my adult life, as a brown skinned black woman, has been attending my family reunions, meeting my relatives and the photos we share afterwards!
All of my People, related or not, r simply BEAUTIFUL!!!
We r a GREAT and WONDERFUL people ❤!!!
We've struggled as a people, but God HAS NOT FAILED US!!
We r smart!
We r educated!
We r resourceful!
We r patient!
We know God WILL take care of each and every one of us, if we just wait!
This whole movie made me anxious af I could never keep up that lie
Me too !! I was so anxious !!
Jasmine I felt the same way anxious I enjoy the movie but anxiety watching the movie I know it sounds crazy but it's like hurry up, get to the end
@Jasmine S, *Indeed.* But, in my case, reading the combative, even hateful, and abusive comments was more so anxiety causing.
No one should ever have to live a lie like that
girl would have slipped up so many times
"I dont know what he THINKS but he dont KNOW nothing!" Whew Chile! The shaaaade! Bertha (The Maid) was the real mvp. She had her back cuz shes tired of being the only person of color. She played herself on the dance floor though! All that pelvic thrusting...no maam. That was the original twerking. I really enjoyed this film.
She showed out on the dance floor lol she was feeling her roots.
@@1965pitthigh exactly
Leasa Hart I cackled 😭😂😂😂😂
Pelvic thrusting 😂
They thought she was a form of Beyoncé or something. They couldn’t take it
Him while she drinks the martini "go ahead. That's right."
Me: my creep senses are tingling.
It’s almost like he spiked it
exactly, on top of two dramamine...yikes.
Yep. Lol
Bruhhh but she didn't even want a drink. Dude. . . Ya nasty
Coming from a mixed race/Creole bloodline here in Southern Louisiana ⚜️ I truly enjoyed this movie 🖤
he was a racist along with his parents. He would have been furious with her if she shared her heritage. This was before the Lovings.
He could have had her locked up for marrying him under deception
@@kayshawnsimmons6822 He and his family were definitely racists! And notice this---they were from California! I keep trying to tell people that racism has no borders. Their marriage would definitely have been illegal in the South beforehand the Loving decision in 1967. I don't know if their marriage would have been illegal in California.
@@moviegirl8648 I bet it was the same no matter the state, America was built on racism. From coast to coast
After she put that black 🐱 on him he wouldn’t have cared 🤷🏽♀️ it would of secretly bothered him because if his up bringing but he would of still been tappin that white chocolate 😹😹😹
@@yonnahmae1157 You keep dreaming.
The maid, Bertha, was beautiful.
Big facts
A Person I heard she played in the movie “Cleopatra” with Elizabeth Taylor
Yes. She reminded me of Wilona from Good Times
Mina #9 lol she far more beautiful than wilona
@@user-xk4rl8bj2n Far
I can’t believe she went through all that for a man like Rick. It’s not worth it, sis!
just take a bow to the sacrifices that were made back then to make life a little better now. this did happen in real life
It’s only a movie, but is it? 🤔
Isn’t it so simple to watch a movie that doesn’t have cell phones, computers, slow fabulous people watching. Wasn’t born in this generation but it translates growing up with immigrant grandparents.
Dialogue is so important, not special effects.
The background music is so telling of what going to happen... 😂
No Rick wasn’t worth it.
Mrs. Car? Did your white husband have red blood 🩸
@@colleenshaw1607 why does it seem no one knows about this?? This is so strange to me! Education, maybe??
@@hilariaguzman6638 look up origin of everything lesson on "passing" for black folks it's happened since slave days. 2 famous examples were a slave lady who passed for white with a dark skinned freedman acting as her slave until they reached freedom. Another was one of the main spies that she passed for Spanish during the texas war of independence by being one of santa Ana's lovers. Her nickname was the yellow rose of texas; I'd have to google her birth name since i haven't written about her since middle school. So. Yeah. Passing for different races isn't new and in some cases changed actual history
Who else is watching this in 2024 ?
Well that's the reality of life all around the world. 😐
I am LOLOL!😂😂😂
I watch this every so often
I'm 😂
Still relevant but if the movie was made today the actress playing the major role would be mixed race instead of white woman portraying mixed race.
Sally was the realest in the whole movie
Sally was indeed awesome! I'm glad they had a portrayal of a non-racist white person, even she was still accepting the status quo and not really standing up for Black people as a whole. But she cared about Lilah. So did Bertha. It was sweet when she comforted Lilah. I wish Lilah and Bertha could have been friends too.
The maid was lolll
Wow the way women used to dress & do their hair back in the day is so much better and feminine
Yeah that stood out to me. I'm making it a point to watch old movies like this to see how femininity was displayed back then.
Women took a lot of pride in presentation, at that time. Wish it was that way now,
@@conniegarrett507 Yeah
I was literally just thinking this! Even their mannerism.
YES IT WAS!!! CLASS!!!
I don’t know which is more entertaining, the movie or these comments. 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
The comments 😂😂😂
Leondra Marr hahahahahaha
The comments are the reason I started watching the movie 😅
I went straight to the comments I didn't watch the movie
Comments for sure lmao
Sally was such a good friend.
That maid looked at her like "mmmhmmm, you ain't slick..."
😂😂😂👏
Lol I caught that you go sista
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Yesss!😄
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... When the comments are just as good as the movie. 😂
Lol
The comments suck, most have missed the grand gestures of the movie
Let me tell ya what a cow boy movie they be saying some slick shit😅😂🤣
Right! That's why I read the comments while viewing video. Lol
80s4everever Thanks. Happens
Was anyone else thinking she better get up out that rain before that press & curl turns!
😂😂😂😂 I was waiting on it
I was like did her hair go natural? Is that why she can't get a cab? But it stayed laid lol
Y'all are sooooo crazy
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I was wide eyes and waiting
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Who else is watching this in 2023!?!? Omg!! I watched the entire movie at like 2am!!!
Watching it March 1st 2024. I don't remember watching it.
@@Angell3287 I can see why you would not remember. May 1st, 2024 is two months from now. ;)
@@marymac789 I meant write March lol
I was just being silly ,... lol
Anyone else watching during Covid-19?
Yes!!!!
Yep
Me
Yes
yesss don’t even know how lol
The message was clear. "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive". That quote covers every race. We cannot build a healthy relationship with a lie at the foundation.
If racism wasn't around in the first place it wouldn't have happened !
@@stacyeandrew2 - Are you mad?? The discussion here is about racism, not religion? Now you're placing your ideals above the Black American communities who have suffered horrifying inhumane past of racism, rape, slavery, physically beaten, stolen, publicly whipped, murdered. Survived and stood against the likes of
The KKK, separated from families by force Just a few examples even you should already be aware of or taught at school.
400 years of slavery and the continual struggle to be treated as equals even after Martin Luther King, through to Nelson Mandela's fight for racial harmony. Racism still rears its ugly face on a global scale today.
This film is just one example of the many sides of racism. Its release was in the year 1960 but still isn't good enough to live and coexist together. But also, what of your Indigenous people of America?
Are you saying that all the past and present struggles of hatred, racism, murder, slavery should just be swept under a carpet and forgotten about because it's, more of a convenience to you or others who think like you? Or you just don't want to know?
The Black American people have absolutely every right to stand their ground. Another Black American shot in his own home by a white policewoman? Black people reported to police from white people because they look suspicious, or threatening, or even stared at these white women or they're in a residential area where it's predominantly white. Nutcases call the police making all sorts of racist assumptions that still exist in 2019 along with paranoia.
You obviously advocate for Religion. Nothing wrong with that, however, there's too many treacherous leeches who hide behind Religion to mask hidden agendas. So if you are of Christian faith, I would have thought you would have at least showed more compassion for a community who still aren't treated or respected as equals.
One would have assumed of your Christian faith you'd at least have the utmost integrity and have a little bit more understanding.
decency to its past cruel treatment of Black Americans and acknowledge it's dark past and blood of Black and Indian Americans, forced, contributed to the development of what America is today.
Don't you think your comment makes you 2 faced and a hypocrite?? First you mention Jesus Christ and judgement day and interpretation of racism yet your clearly have a distaste for Black Americans. It's clear your white entitlement says it's all about you and the usual Black people stereotype. So do not preach racism to me when you clearly are clueless about your comments. It is of no wonder that your ideals are selfish, arrogant, self-entitled and to say to the rest of what you say supersedes everyone else's?
It's 2019 and racism is openly showcased like it's proud and celebrated and to say it's okay to put other races down with the mentality of your president who hates Mexicans, women of all colours and white who don't yield or put up with his utter arrogance. He demands respect but fails miserably to reflect the meaning of the word is and how it should be for everyone.
At least have the decency to include Black people as American. Or should I just assume you think they're all the same regardless if they're USA born or not? Horrendous mistakes of the past, reap what you sew.
@Jo Jo My comment had nothing racial about it. I didn't attack anyone. My mother is black. My father was white. All of my siblings are mixed. I have 1 black brother-in-law and one Indian. brother-in-law. My children are mixed as well as my 5 mixed nephews and nieces. My family grew up without racial bashing. So you see, I'm not one of those "people" that you referred to. My mother taught us humility. And I love all races.
@Jo Jo I feel sorry for you. We are all brothers and sisters under the skin and God loves us all despite our ignorance. I'll remember you in my prayers. God bless you jo -jo
u preachin' so true
The maid is pretty.
@Future Universe X stfu
Future Universe X lol
@Future Universe X Lol green isn't a good color on you sweetheart.
Damn, hating on the maid because she's light skin, some things never change.
@@shadracer2838 Lol
Man this a great movie. I love how when she started dancing too good them white folks was like now u wait a MINUTE
They crack me up how their dramatic cries always sounded the same, then they would either throw themselves into the arms of the man or onto a chair or bed. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
like a Maury "you are not the.father segment"🤣
😅😅😅
I'm gonna try to do that next time I'm distraught. I've tried sulking and quiet sobs but never drama!
All the Disney princesses do that too. I tried that once... Nothing dramatic happened and I got spanked for it. Lol!
Reminded me of sll the crying i did in my marriage, so glad i ended marriage
Oooo Bertha, with that Grade A shade- "You sure have pretty hair Ms. Lyla, so dark and so straight"
The maid knew what the ☕was when B stepped in that house, I wouldn't be surprised if Ol boy wasn't hitting her and he secretly got a thing for black girls which why he was on B bumper so hard
😂😂😂 Yep!!!
Kayshawn Simmons BYE 😂
@@SamariJane Bye nothing, most men have a type, and that maid was more beautiful than B and was light also
@@kayshawnsimmons6822 I too , picked up on her body language/expression..
Clearly her black side made her love dance lmao
To much seasoning in her dancing.
LMFAOO SEASONING
I recall seeing this movie back in the '60s approximately 55 years ago to be exact,I didn't quite comprehend as a kid but now I fully understand. I truly believe that the modern black woman would not go through these leaps and bounds just to be with a white man or any other man for that matter.
I literally woke up and watched this whole thing. Now I’m late getting to work lol
Me rn at 4:30 am
Girl I'm supposed to wake up at 6 & I'm up watching this foolishness 😂😭
It’s 5:30 in the morning here and I am enjoying this as much as Imitation of Life! 🤣
I don’t think anyone planned on watching this movie all the way 😂
I didn't the first time. It popped back up again, so I said, I need to see how this ended. 😅😅😅
Kimberlee Ponson congratulations
@Kimberlee Ponson IT IS SOMEWHAT ADDICTIVE !! IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALWAYS FIND SOME NEW HIDDEN NUANCE , THAT YOU NEVER NOTICED BEFORE , EVERYTIME YOU WATCH IT !!!...
You're so right lol, I was only gonna give it 10mins
@@demetriajo4589 IT'S AMAZING HOW THIS MOVIE JUST SUCKS YOU IN !!!
I'm a white black person and I really needed to watch this. Very few experience what it is like to be rejected by both sides of your biracial identity just because you have light skin but to be different looking enough to be labeled as "not us" from both sides. Thank you for posting
We love you sis
Don’t worry about those who judge you for who you truly are in being different just remember if you have faith and belief in the lord god the almighty and that god himself only creates all life then you should know by now that god does not make mistakes but we do so you are beautiful in the sight of God and you are who he made you and for reason all others are missing out on what you have and what you can give and share to the world we have no right to judge others according to the word of god but we do have an obligation to obey his word. God doesn’t make mistakes so you are special in many ways.
How sad that during that time the black people who were light skinned had to pretend to be white in order to live comfortably in this world but they had to tell lies because if they told the truth there was hell to pay. I am not light skinned but I do have family members who are light skinned and can mingle with the white race. Life for black people in that time was not good (I do not have tell all). The sad part is that black people in this day and time are still being treated unequal.
Fictional treatment of this was a thing for years . It usually told the story in one way . The final point of the drama was not to show the wrongs of prejudice , but to warn whites away from too much sympathy for other races . Some versions of the theme meant well , but not many .
I understand.
She came from my hometown, Richmond, Virginia. There were many ,men and women that left the South to start over as whites, or "pass." It was a goal to get a better life, but what they lost was contacts with their families, fear of their own children "not passing" when born, and just living a lie. I think they also lost who they were, if they ever knew. But that lie was created because they really didn't do it with malice: it was more out of upward mobility and finding a better place because they wanted better. We can't really judge these men and women - they were survivors of a bad time period. I think what we can learn from this is we can accept people for their character and their individualism, not their race. I watched this and it was pretty much what I have seen and heard in literature (Joe Christmas, by Faulkner, never "passed" but he never knew what he "was"). Just a wow in the 21st century to watch this tonight! The best friend in the movie was a good person. Imitation of Life is an old movie that is better than this one. By the way, Bertha was great too. I think Bea made the right decision at the end to be true to herself and go home.
She should have been honest from the beginning. Who would want to live their life as a lie? It's the brave ones like Sidney Poitier who never denied who he was and went out and helped change the world. Blacks & whites alike love & admire him to this day. He never engaged in violence. He just worked hard, developed his talents & became the best person he could be.
@@annemccarron2281 Sidney Poitier couldn't have passed for white ever. Same goes for Obama. On the other hand, I met a guy who has white skin and afro hair, at first I didn't know he was biracial, but he told me, and then I realized it's rare for white people to grow hair like that, all told like the white-looking actor from House Party, who's also biracial. Half Jamaican, half Irish, just like my friend.
@@user-gn2rb7oo3s I agree, he doesn't even have sexy curly black hair. He looks whiter than Meghan Markle. Meghan's skin looks olive, like a permanent tan. Meghan didn't even come out as biracial for many years, now she claims she's black just so she can accuse her critics of racism.
@@annemccarron2281do you remember the part where she didn’t get the job. She couldn’t have been in the situations she was in including the plane scene. Blacks and whites were seated separately on airplanes. The movie couldn’t have occurred without her passing. They didn’t pass because they were lazy they passed because whiteness was an advantage
I’m from Richmond too
The mother was nosey AF. 😭 On another note, I can't believe I ended up watching the full thing. I was ALL IN too. 😂
Word up
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I don't know how I ended up watching this entire film but chiiiiiiillllld the stress of it all! That poor baby didn't stand a chance. I couldn't imagine always being on edge and continually having to make up lies. He wouldn't have accepted her he clearly didn't like black people at all except for the maid. She showed her hand when she got out there and did her jig a little too hard!😂😂😂 That friend though! She's the real MVP!
Yes, the dancin'? And that motherin law peeped her game very early on and the dancin' confirmed it!
Yes, she was.
He didn't like that the maid was touching his wife though, just like he reacted with the jazz player.
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@@MPam1619 Dam !! That Rythm will Out You Everytime !!!....
I clicked on this...wasnt planning to watch the whole thing, but I did! I liked it alot.
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Me too
Lol. Same. I was like why not. Nothing better to watch on this app right now.
Me too. Don’t know how this popped up in my feed among all the political stuff.
Sameee
extremely difficult themes to see here, but one thing i'll say i really like how the female relationships were portrayed.. . given this was 1960 i was worried the friend might betray her or the housekeeper might threaten to blow the whistle, but all the women really had her back and the family welcomed her home without judgement.. . as dated as a lot of the elements are, i've gotta give it credit for painting a pretty modern portrait about true friends and family..
If Bertha could tell her side of the story. "Chileeeeee, this black girl pretending to be white AND she done got married to a white man!!!" 🤣🤣🤣
I’m cackling 🤣🤣 sounding like Nene from Real Housewives 💀💀
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Nah.. we all need a Bertha/friend, she's a real ride or die chick.
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She wasn’t alarmed that that man basically hunted her down and called ever hotel in town to find her? Creepy
It was probably considered "romantic" back then. However him saying he threatened the receptionist to tell him were he worked? I'm surprised that wasn't a major red flag even back then.
Stalking azzhole, wasn't he
Plus he said he threatened to beat up the front desk lady. So we knew he was violent person.
Yes, that should have been a red flag..
Yup
We must keep loyal to our true selves! I Hated that she traded her integrity for a rude, controlling, and racist household who she was aware wouldn´t love her for who she truly was. It made me sick.
keep in mind, this was before the supreme court virginia vs. lovings case. this movie was risky for its time because it was illegal to mix
I doubt that you would choose a harder life in her situation
Yes she was on it 😂 this movie shady for real
@@colleenshaw1607 yessss! Thank you!!!
And many men were like this 60+ years ago!
It has taken me a little while to fully comprehend these blood line results, but it explains a lot to me. After some years my bloodline returned to America via Virginia, Carolinas, Maryland. Wow, assimilation. I am a mixed rainbow. My family is very diverse. My grand kids are 1/2 Chinese, and the others are 1/2 Norwegian and Scandinavian, they are no longer brown skinned, all of them are the colors of their parents partners. I love all my kids and grandkids, there is no color differences when I see my babies. I am blessed and proud my kids, and grandkids, there are no regrets on my part.
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore
@@annterashita1770 so where are you from
Wow we have a little something in common @matlyn s email me at shaywu777@icloud.com and I will talk to you more about my Ethnicity
The only thing I learned from this is that in the U.S your whole identity is your colour and many western countries followed suite.
Chrysi Chrysi 100% True! It’s disturbing.
Chrysi Chrysi Not anymore unless you are a race identity playing Democrat !
Chrysi Chrysi Racism wasn’t born in America. Western (ahem, European) countries were out there colonizing damn near every other country and pushing racist propaganda that portrayed nonwhites as beastly, inferior beings to justify it all.... Before the U.S. even existed!
This! ^ TRUTH. I live here.
"Honey, why do you have little bottles of hot sauce in your purse?" 😂
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Because I'm Mexican Rick. What's one more lie?
Her brother is good looking!😊
Yes he was😁😁
Right!
He looks like el debarge fam
I said the same thing I was like damn he fine
He’s gorgeous and her date at the club was a very handsome gentleman too
I am fascinated by obscure old movies dealing with race & mixed heritage people being of mixed ancestry myself. Thanks for sharing, I'm gonna check this out!🎥
Same here!
Great movie. Watching for the first time in 2019. I need 5 amazing friends to chill with and dress like the 1960s. So elegant, feminine and beautiful. 😍
Sashie K sign me up. I love being a girlie girl and getting dolled up. Simplistic and elegant. 💅🏽
Yessssss!!!! I would LOVE THAT!!!
1950s.
I'm in it to win it. Sign me up!
Try a website called Muxxn on Amazon.
I don't care this lady is white, black, red, purple, yellow, polka dots, etc. She is one pretty gal!
She's beautiful! ❤
Yes indeed
True
“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid.”
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Exactly
The bars
Yesss indeed
kaykay69 - 👍😂😆🤣
B's final dance scene I cried watching her go from the tango to an outright flying Flintstone bird dance🤣🤣😂😂💥💖🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for Sharing ! This is a Important part of Black History and what Black Folks Endured and Still Dealing With In 2019 .. ✊🏽
Rick was a toxic man from the beginning. He basically tried controlling her the whole entire movie (forcing her to drink, forcing himself on her, forcing her to get married). She did a great job staying strong through all of it though. I think the this movie did a great job of showing viewers that black Americans in those times could literally die for being black in the wrong place. She knew the truth would get her killed or put her in greater confinement so she chose to leave. Great movie choice reelblack.
Thank you! Dude was racist and entitled. Their marriage was not good. A lot of hardheaded romantics making comments on this movie without looking at this dude's character. Glad that her family welcomed her back.
Booze and cigarettes will kill you faster than color.
Cosimo Kramarawicz depends you ask. I get your point though
She made the choices and made the lies. She could have told him the truth, told him to take a hike and get lost, but she didn't. She chose to lie, lie, lie marry him and then run away. She dissed her family and was fake af. She had no character, she wasn't a victim, she was the problem.
Ben Lucas ohh! So everything that she went through was her fault because she had total control of every single situation she was in. Awesome. Have a great day.
The maid is beautiful!
Awesome , funny and dramatic movie! Loved it! Loved the dance scene the most!
Mina Williams the maid was white
@Ruth K. Future Nurse She sure wasn't!
YES! SHE IS
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I would be able to watch this movie a hundred times.It's very good.
Me when clicking: "I'll watch the first 5 minutes"
Me an hour and a half later: "Wow, I really watched the whole thing"
OMG me too. I got hooked so fast
Same!!!
20:11 here
I was surprised I watched the whole thing, too. I think it was a good movie the way the main character went home to embrace her ethnicity, her family and boyfriend.
Same here. Went to bed early with a terrible migraine and woke to browse a bit at 1:50 am. Nearly an hour later, I am still here watching.
I'm glad she went home to her family.
I clicked on this just see what it was about and ended up watching the whole thing.
Literally me
Same lol
Me too!
He was the one that wanted to get married to a lady he didn't get a chance to know. He married her off of her looks. SOOOOOOOO He is angry of the things he found out later.MMMMMM
This got me thinking of "Imitation of Life".
Except Lylah didn’t disrespect her grandma and mom
Or the opposite of "skin"!
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I was thinking the same
Yep kinda but she didnt hate her race and wasnt disrespectful
This fool said I threatened to beat up the woman at the desk until she told where u were! Omg
And she didn't have a problem with that at all........Wtf lol
Yo I thought I was the only one that caught that the 1960s where crazy
I'm hollering too, WTH!! 🤣🤣
@@nickjackson124 I think she took it as him joking lol. At least that's what I thought 😂
Because passing white wanted to blend in with whites so bad!
I would’ve been done the moment he hit my brother.
Martika Thomas EXACTLY!!! That's FAMILY and she just denied him! What happened to picking up a Pen and writing a letter telling your family about your shenigans?!? He out here taking punches and what not for her lies
Hell yea, the melanin would've kicked in deeply 💯
DOE John in my pic I have braids
he call himself defending his wife, he was jealous, lots of guys would have done that regardless of color, he was already trippin bout the attention she was getting on the dance floor, I feel u though, his racism really showed in that scene. "black jazz cat friends" how can she share the bed with that, but baby in the stomach and ring on her finger already at that point. She was more worried about getting exposed.
This movie was stressful 😭😭. If I was going to pass I would just tell everyone I was orphaned and don't know my family.
His mother knew she was lying but couldn’t but her finger on it
his mum is shady boots
That was a good movie. I can't imagine spinning that many lies. The mother in-law was always giving Lila the side eye!
And the maid.
she knew.
@@missshannon9790 YES, the moment she saw her.
@@nola06 yup.
Black recpgnize Black. Even when its "white."
Remember that mess of a movie Queen and the exchange between halle berry and lonette mckee?
This phenomenon of "passing" is part of our history as Black People in this country,and goes deeper than people think.
She was not giving up.....lawd I couldn't have kept up with it.
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J. Edgar Hoover passed. He had relatives that were Black and they knew he was too. Self-Hatred and power to focus on bringing down Martin Luther King and others at all costs, to deflect from him and his Black roots.
Look at a younger picture of Hoover; it's evident.
She didn’t think he'd be able to find her? Honey don’t you remember how he joe goldberg’d his way to your office party 👀 the amount of anxiety this movie gave me
Yeah, really weird.
Right, where's part 2? Lol
Yeah but that was with her fake name and he knew where she was staying at so he was able to get the information...she never told him where she was really from or her real name...
I felt so sorry for Lila having to make up stories about her family. This is a good movie.