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Illusions

Story takes place in 1942 and is about Mignon Dupree, a black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester Jeeter, a black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star. The film follows the struggles of the women as well as the use of film in wartime Hollywood.

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  • "The story takes place in Hollywood in 1942 and is about Mignon Dupree, a black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester Jeeter, a black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star. The film follows the struggles of the women as well as the use of film in wartime Hollywood."
  • "Story takes place in 1942 and is about Mignon Dupree, a black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester Jeeter, a black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star. The film follows the struggles of the women as well as the use of film in wartime Hollywood."@en
  • "Story about a black woman studio executive who passes for white and a black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star. The film follows the struggles of the women as well as the use of film in 1942 wartime Hollywood."
  • "Story about a black woman studio executive who passes for white and a black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star. The film follows the struggles of the women as well as the use of film in 1942 wartime Hollywood."@en
  • "In 1942, a Black women film studio executive who is perceived to be white and a young Black female singer whom she has hired to dub the voice of a white Hollywood star are forced to come to grips with a society that perpetuates false images as the status quo."
  • "An exploration of Hollywood's role as a purveyor of illusion. Two black women, one a studio executive who passes for white, and one who provides the singing voice for a famous white actress, struggle to find happiness and acceptance in WWII-era Hollywood."@en
  • "The time is 1942; the place is National Studios, a fictitious Hollywood film studio. Mignon Dupree, a black woman studio executive who appears to be white and Ester Jeeter, a black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star, are each forced to come to grips with a society that perpetuates false image as status quo."@en
  • "This drama, set in 1942, a year after Pearl Harbor, takes place at the National Studios, a fictitious Hollywood motion picture studio. The story centers on Mignon Dupree, a Black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester Jeeter, a Black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star. Forced to come to terms with a society that perpetuates images as status quo, the film follows Mignon's dilemma, Ester's struggle and the use of cinema in wartime Hollywood, three "illusions" in conflict with reality."
  • "Story about a black woman studio executive who passes for white woman and a black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star. The film follows the struggles of the women as well as the use of film in 1942 wartime Hollywood."@en
  • "Relates the difficulties of a light-skinned black woman working for a fictional motion picture company in 1940's Hollywood. Problems addressed include racism and sexism in the motion-picture industry."
  • "Two black women, one a studio executive who passes for white & one who provides the singing voice for a famous white actress, struggle to find happiness & acceptance in WWII-era Hollywood."@en

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Short films"
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  • "History"
  • "Internet videos"@en
  • "Drama"
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  • "Experimental films"
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  • "Fiction films"
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  • "Illusions"
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