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Imitation of Life : "That's My Mother" (Closing Sequence)

Lora (Lana Turner) organizes a large funeral for Annie (Juanita Moore). As the procession sets off, Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner) rushes and throws herself upon her mother's coffin. Featuring Mahalia Jackson as a choir soloist.

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close-up, closing sequence, continuity editing, crane shot, dissolve, dolly in, establishing shot, fade-out, framing, long shot, low angle, medium shot, reaction shot, source music, tilt, tracking shot

Diversity in Media Representation

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

""That's My Mother" (Closing Sequence)" in Imitation of Life. Directed by Douglas Sirk, Universal International Pictures, 1959, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2638

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