Blackness and Whiteness in Mexican and Hollywood Films
Films dealing with blackness and whiteness
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- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsClaudette ColbertWarren WilliamRochelle HudsonA struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
- DirectorAbel SalazarStarsLibertad LamarqueEusebia CosmeRoberthaTwo friends,one white(Alicia) one black (Roberta) have their friendship tested by the racial prejudices that surround their society.
- DirectorJoselito RodríguezStarsPedro InfanteEmilia GuiúRita MontanerAngelitos Negros is a story of prejudice and sacrifice; the plot centers around a woman who does not realize her heritage, brought up as the "white"wealthy patron's daughter, she is actually the daughter of the black maid.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsLana TurnerJohn GavinSandra DeeAn aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
- DirectorTito DavisonStarsMarga LópezRita MontanerRoberto Cañedo
- DirectorLeonardo De MitriFrancesco De RobertisStarsAngelo MaggioUmberto SpadaroIsa PolaAn orphaned mulatto boy witnesses a murder and becomes lost in the big city of Rome. A sequel of sorts to the film, Angelo.
- DirectorJoselito RodríguezStarsManuel López OchoaMartha RangelTitina RomayA blonde woman discriminates people of color all the time without knowing that in her veins runs the blood of that race.
- StarsClaudia IslasLaura FloresLorena RojasA white couple has a black baby girl - the husband's family accuse his wife of being unfaithful.
- DirectorTito DavisonStarsAurora BautistaJulio AlemánMaricruz OlivierA pregnant single mother's baby in old Mexico is abandoned to die but he is saved and raised by a black slave woman and becomes a doctor. Years later, he meets his real mother who has become a nun.
- DirectorZacarías Gómez UrquizaStarsGloria MarínJorge MistralMartha RothIn Santiago de Cuba in the early 1950s, history begins. A young woman of high society becomes pregnant with a false love, her father orders his black maid (Dolores) to kill the baby (Alberto), but she flees to Havana where Alberto becomes a renowned doctor.