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"Étude de milieu. Une jeune fille de race noire, mais à la peau blanche, habite un quartier misérable de New York avec ses deux frères : l'ainé est chanteur, l'autre musicien de jazz et elle-même souhaite devenir écrivaine. Elle rencontre un Blanc qui hésite à l'épouser quand il rencontre ses frères noirs. Elle cherche à l'oublier mais quand il revient, ce sont ses frères qui le repoussent, répondant au racisme par le racisme. Avec Lelia Goldoni, Ben Carruthers, Hugh Hurd. Film tourné sur le mode de l'improvisation."
""John Cassavetes' directorial debut revolves around an interracial romance between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York City with her two brothers, and Tony, a white man. The relationship crumbles when Tony meet's Lelia's brother Hugh, a talented dark-skinned jazz singer struggling to find work, and discovers the truth about Lelia's racial heritage. Shot on location in Manhattan with a cast and crew made up primarily of amateurs, Cassavetes' Shadows is a visionary work that is widely considered the forerunner of the independent film movement"--Container."
"Le racisme vu de l'intérieur. Une américaine dont rien ne révèle qu'elle appartient à une famille noire tombe amoureuse d'un jeune blanc."
"Benny est un adolescent un peu révolté. Il passe son temps à jouer de la trompette et à déambuler dans les rues avec ses amis Dennis et Tom. De son côté, Hugh tente de faire carrière comme chanteur de jazz, tandis que Lelia espère devenir écrivain. Ils sont frères et soeurs, new-yorkais et noirs, ce qui n'est pas sans poser de problèmes."
"La jaquette indique : "New York, à la fin des années 50. Benny est un jeune homme révolté qui passe son temps à jouer de la grompette et à traîner dans la rue avec ses amis Dennis et Tom. Hugh tente quant à lui de faire carrière comme chanteur de jazz, tandis que Lelia nourrit de devenir écrivain. Ils vivent sous le même toit, ils sont frères et soeur, et ils sont noirs. Nous suivons les péripéties de leur quotidien, dans les rues de Greenwich Village ou les nuits chaudes des clubs de jazz.""
"Shadows was a vanguard work of the independent American cinema, a bittersweet comedy centred on three African-American outsiders - Lelia and his two jazz-musicians brothers living in Greenwich Village - two of whom pass for white and all are part of the late fifties 'lost generation'. We followLelia through three brief romantic involvements. Although the film was recognised at the time for its treatment of race Cassavetes saw this as incidental to the wider question of identity. His special commitment to expression through performance and a concomitant openness of form give his films a rough, uninflected, anecdotal quality (a form of 'fictional cinema verite'). Shadows, like otherCassavetes' films was fully scripted despite the reference in the end title to the film as 'an improvisation'"@en
"Fiction. Drame. Une jeune fille de race noire, mais à la peau blanche, habite un quartier misérable de New York avec ses deux frères : l'ainé est chanteur, l'autre musicien de jazz et elle-même souhaite devenir écrivaine. Elle rencontre un Blanc qui hésite à l'épouser quand il rencontre ses frères noirs. Elle cherche à l'oublier mais quand il revient, ce sont ses frères qui le repoussent, répondant au racisme par le racisme. Avec Lelia Goldoni, Ben Carruthers, Hugh Hurd. Film tourné sur le mode de l'improvisation."
"In the grandiose realm of independent cinema, rhetoric and hyperbole can be rife - but rarely does the filmic canon of the genre's proponents measure up to the hype. John Cassavetes was an exception, justifiably earning the many titles afforded to him and forging a path for American independent cinema, which has spawned some of the contemporary greats."
""Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950's) New York City"--Internet movie database, August 30, 2002."
"A young black woman living in New York with her two brothers falls in love with a white boy. The problems this creates test family and racial loyalties."@en
"The story of an interracial romance and the obstacles it puts on family relationships. When appearing on Jean Shepherd's radio program Night People, Cassevetes mentioned the improvisation work he had done with his acting class, and asked for funding to film it. When listeners actually sent in money, he worked up a script based on the classwork, and with additional funding filmed his story of three siblings, two of whom can pass as white."@en
""An improvisational, groundbreaking, independently made effort about a light-skinned black girl (Goldoni) who becomes involved with a Caucasian (Ray). Formless, crude, but strikingly realistic, with great use of N.Y.C. locations"--Maltin, 2006."@en
"The story of an interracial romance and the obstacles it puts on family relationships. When appearing on Jean Shepherd's radio program Night People, Cassavetes mentioned the improvisation work he had done with his acting class, and asked for funding to film it. When listeners actually sent in money, he worked up a script based on the classwork, and with additional funding filmed his story of three siblings, two of whom can pass as white."@en
"New York, à la fin des années 50. Benny est un jeune homme révolté qui passe son temps à jouer de la grompette et à traîner dans la rue avec ses amis Dennis et Tom. Hugh tente quant à lui de faire carrière comme chanteur de jazz, tandis que Lelia nourrit de devenir écrivain. Ils vivent sous le même toit, ils sont frères et soeur, et ils sont noirs. Nous suivons les péripéties de leur quotidien, dans les rues de Greenwich Village ou les nuits chaudes des clubs de jazz ... (Jaquette)."
""Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City" IMDB."@en
"Une jeune fille de race noire, mais à la peau blanche, habite avec ses deux frères un quartier misérable de New York. L'aîné est chanteur, l'autre musicien de jazz et elle-même aspire à devenir écrivain. Elle s'éprend un jour d'un Blanc qui hésite à l'épouser lorsqu'il fait la connaissance de ses frères noirs. Elle tâche de l'oublier alors que son aîné, répondant au racisme par le racisme, le repousse lorsqu'il tente de revenir."
"A gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950's. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. The relationship soon sours when he meets one of her brothers and discovers she is really black."
"A gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950's. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. The relationship soon sours when he meets one of her brothers and discovers she is really black."@en
"A story of racism in 1950s New York. A light-skinned black woman has an affair with a white man which sours when he discovers that she is really black."@en
"A story of racism in 1950s New York. A light-skinned black woman has an affair with a white man which sours when he discovers that she is really black."
"Shadows was a vanguard work of the independent American cinema, a bittersweet comedy centred on three African-American outsiders - Lelia and his two jazz-musicians brothers living in Greenwich Village - two of whom pass for white and all are part of the late fifties 'lost generation'. We follow Lelia through three brief romantic involvements. Although the film was recognised at the time for its treatment of race Cassavetes saw this as incidental to the wider question of identity. His special commitment to expression through performance and a concomitant openness of form give his films a rough, uninflected, anecdotal quality (a form of 'fictional cinema verite'). Shadows, like other Cassavetes' films was fully scripted despite the reference in the end title to the film as 'an improvisation'"@en
"John Cassavetes' first film tells a gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950s. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. But when her lover meets one of Lelia's brothers and discovers she is black, a painful and emotional eruption occurs."
"Une jeune New-Yorkaise de race noire à la peau blanche s'éprend d'un Blanc qui hésite à l'épouser lorsqu'il fait la connaissance de ses frères noirs."
"Due fratelli neri e la loro sorella - che, come uno dei due, potrebbe essere scambiata per una bianca - alla ricerca della loro identità nella Manhattan degli anni '50. (Mymovies)."
"John Cassavetes' first film tells a gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950s. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. But when her lover meets one of Lelia's brothers and discovers she is black, a painful and emotional eruption occurs."@en
"John Cassavetes' directorial debut revolves around an interracial romance between Lelia, a light-skinned African American living in New York City with her two brothers, and Tony, a white man."@en
"An interracial love story set against a neon lit New York backdrop of seedy bars, smoky nightclubs and Charlie Mingus soundtrack."
"An interracial love story set against a neon lit New York backdrop of seedy bars, smoky nightclubs and Charlie Mingus soundtrack."@en
"The trials and tribulations of a young black woman and her interracial love interest in 1950's New York City."
"John Cassavetes's directorial debut revolves around a romance in New York City between Lelia (Lelia Goldoni), a light- skinned black woman, and Tony (Anthony Ray), a white man. The relationship is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia's darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh (Hugh Hurd), and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was. Shot on location in Manhattan with a mostly nonprofessional cast and crew, Shadows is a penetrating work that is widely considered the forerunner of the American independent film movement."@en