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Lost Boundaries
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6.6A light-skinned African-American family are "passing" in an all-white New England town. When the truth comes out, the more prejudiced neighbors demand their expulsion from the community.
Released: 1949-07-0299 minDir: Alfred L. WerkerDrama
Cast
- Beatrice Pearson as Marcia Carter
- Mel Ferrer as Dr. Scott Mason Carter
- Susan Douglas as Shelly Carter
- Robert A. Dunn as Rev. John Taylor
- Richard Hylton as Howard 'Howie' Carter
- Grace Coppin as Mrs. Mitchell
Themes
- new hampshire
- institutional discrimination
- racism
- interracial friendship
- medical clinic
- genealogy
- black doctor
- interracial family
- african american in the military
- small town america
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textsRaintree County [electronic resource] : --which had no boundaries in time and space, where lurked musical and strange names and mythical and lost peoples, and which was itself only a name musical and strange
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- 1949-00-00
- title
- Lost Boundaries
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- Lost Boundaries
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1940s biographical drama films1949 American films1949 drama films1949 English-language films1949 filmsAmerican biographical drama filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsEnglish-language biographical drama filmsFilm Classics filmsFilms about race and ethnicityFilms based on biographiesFilms directed by Alfred L. WerkerFilms set in New HampshireFilms shot in New HampshireTemplate film date with 1 release dateWhitewashing in film