Films

Imitation of Life : Sarah Jane, My Baby

Annie (Juanita Moore) finds Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner) in California and goes to see her one last time and say goodbye.

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Film Language

close-up, framing, lighting, long take, low angle, medium close-up, medium long shot, mirror shot, music, nondiegetic, over the shoulder shot, performance, rack focus, shot/reverse shot, social blocking, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, Black: Blackface, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White passing

"Sarah Jane, My Baby" in Imitation of Life. Directed by Douglas Sirk, Universal International Pictures, 1959, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2636

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