As a bi-racial person, I absolutely hate this film. It is bias against Sarah Jane's perspective. It is a propaganda film to promote racial bias against bi-racial people. It made Sarah Jane out to be not only the villian, but the scapegoat. A statement made by Sarah Jane's mother said it all. "How can I tell my child she was born to be hurt." What a cruel curse to place upon your own child. A mother's outlook can make or break a child's life. This is a protrayal of how to destroy your own child in my opinion.
Exactly 💯 👏🏼. Thank you. It is a propaganda film to glamorize whiteness and vilify Biracial people, all while making blacks look like victims. It's disgusting.
@@MulattoHistoryChannel Sarah Jane wasn’t bi-racial. Her mother in the beginning of the film stated her father was near white, which means he had in the vernacular of times colored blood. He would have been classified as a mulatto. Now in accordance to those classification he would have been either a quad (one quarter) or a octo (one eighth). Also with the laws of eugenics which were heavily in rotation you need to go at least three generations back in order to be claimed by that race. So Sarah Jane’s parentage would have cast her as colored. Although her mothers words were unfortunate for that time period it was true she was going to have to embrace being colored or she was going to have to walk away and pass which brings on a whole other set of issues and problems. For that time period Sarah Jane’s appearance didn’t represent who she was which was a colored woman. Her attitude towards her mother was foul and no matter how anybody tries to manipulate it. The young man who beat her up had not met her mother he heard her mother was a negro. Each time her mother found her she was in compromising situations. She wanted to be white, which is what she was trying to achieve let’s not pretend, there were much more savory ways to do so. There is another movie from that time period about a colored woman who looked white who was educated and began passing out of frustration. Ultimately due to some not being able to accept who she was she ended up walking away from the life she created. If you haven’t watch the 1934 version of this movie. The actress who played Pecola the Sarah Jane of that movie was actually colored Freddie Washington and she makes Sarah Jane look like a choir girl.
Uhh this movie was released in 1959, my mother was 10 yrs old at that time. So if she wasn’t offended neither should you be offended 😡. Get your panties out of a bunch and find something useful to do with yourself .
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross “Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
Watched this as a child, 73 now, and it still saddens me. You don't find too many movies today that really touch your heart, and make you shed tears. like this one does.
With Mahalia singing out to the Lord as well. I read somewhere that the actors' reactions at the funeral were real because they didn't know that Mahalia was going to be in the movie, let alone sing.
I've seen this movie about 100 plus times. Each time feels like the first time. I cry my heart out. Great cast awesome actors. All time classic movie. 😢
One of my favorite movies of all time. I believe Susan Kohner (adult Sarah Jane) and Karin Dicker (young Sarah Jane) are all we have left of the main cast members.
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross “Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
One of the things most people miss is the young white male star who was believed to be a very popular star that slapped her several times in her face when he found out she was black. Hell, he followed her to keep beating her in her face. You could tell it was made before civil rights.
My mom is a baby boomer and this is her favorite movie ❤. The gospel singer at the funeral was the great Mahalia Jackson and she was my grandmother’s favorite singer ❤.
For decades since 1959, Imitation Of Life made Universal Studios more money than any other movie. Lana Turner was my mother's favorite actress. The Postman Always Rings Twice and Madame X! Imitation Of Life is American culture - a cult classic! A tear-jerker! I met Lana Turner in 1991 Los Angeles. I was starstruck!
@@patremagilbert682 I was born in '58 and biracial: white father, black mother. This film hits home in SO many ways. It also breaks my heart because I could never do my Mom that way . . . yet, I understood her situation.
@@dawndavenport5166 take a breath its a movie not that deep lol plenty half black people in real life with similar experiences that look alot like Sara Jane doesn't matter
@@bunnitrixelstrange3594Sounds like someone is an ungrateful brat who doesn’t appreciate the people who gave them life and raised them. Birds of a feather, flock together.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 "The people who gave them life“? You mean her absentee White father who had a one night stand with her mother who couldn’t be bothered to have a conversation about race. Then brings Sarah into the World FATHERLESS in that society. It’s not just about race. Being the child of a single mom in those days was considered humiliating and shameful. You said "I don’t care if it’s the 40s/50s“ but time period and context does MATTER. Yeah this just screams of classic narcissism and zero foresight. You reap what you sow!
@@RoseHunt-li7dfyep she Loved her mother but Annie died of a broken heart she never wanted Sarah Jane to suffer it was hurting Annie she felt Sarah Jane pain
The greatest movie EVER… in the whole wide world. I will never forget how this movie made me feel. I will never forget Mahalia Jackson singing. I will never forget the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the background. And I will never forget how proud I was to have a black mother!!!!!
I am an ol' Boomer Black woman and I saw this movie as a kid in the early 1960's..I cried then and I cry now when rewatching it as it is just as poignant as ever!..The actress who played Annie was so great in her role.The funeral scene...well there are no words.......🙏😇
Sarah Jane deserves a bit of sympathy because she had no idea how to navigate a world where there was no place for her in it. Her mother's love was not enough to help her pivot. A powerful movie...still😢
You'll find my sympathy for Sarah Jane between sh## and syphilis. Your mother is the one that God picked himself to be the everything you need to survive this cruel world. Her mother was trying to make her unashamed through love, but she also should've said more to her as a child. But that is not a reason to treat your mother like crap.
@@wrinthiak3431 Sara was navigating herself in that world, she was able to pass for white, but the mama kept messing it up for her. Trying to get her to be proud of being black. But if you ain't proud, you just ain't proud. That's all there is to it.
@@craigbfolksingeractually her sons are directors they did the American pie films Susan retired from acting a few years after this film came out to be a wife and mother
One of the greatest movies of all times. Rest In Heavenly Peace, The Late Iconic Ms. Juanita Moore, Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, Mahalia Jackson and Mr. John Gavin! ❤❤🥰👑🏆📺🎬😇🌟🌟🎉🎉🙏🙏🕊🕊
A movie like this was needed to help us understand diversity, bi-racial inequality, such a tremendous movie that resonates on so many levels. I understand many have faulted the movie for its transgressions, but it was wrenching & the acting from all were superb. Juanita & Susan DESERVED THOSE OSCARS!
Knowing that you're black but can pass as white. Her head must have been in all kinds of places. Even though being black and looking black is so much harder, at least the world knows that you're black. You know that you're black. But when you're black and look white...its hard to be accepted by both sides. I feel for her, not knowing where she truly belongs. But she didn't have to treat the only person who loved her more than anything that way.
This was my grandma's all time favorit movie, she would cry everytime she watched it. She couldn't understand why being different was always looked down on.
Ever since I was 9 years old and saw this movie; I would cry 😭 during the funeral scene. I mean, I boo-hoo like a baby. I’m even crying now, 😭watching it.
My mother is light skinned West Indian and my father was black (now deceased). My mother loved this movie so much that she named her first born Mahalia after Mahalia Jackson.
I loved this movie it was beautiful and made about mixed-race young women who can pass for no other race but Caucasian. The part I did not like when the guy she was dating fine out. And he began slapping her in the face. It's was only a movie premiere that demonstrated racism in those days of a biracial child or children. I loved the actors and actresses. I believe that all people Universally need to watch this movie premiere who's are in biracial relationships even today. I understand back then that people talked to marriage only in your race. And a lot of nationality still teaches that to their children today. Thanks for sharing. PeaceUn2U I♡it. 7/24/24
My mom had me watch this - I couldn’t understand why as a child -but my mom had a darker complexion than I did - this was so educational because I didn’t believe anyone would mistreat their mom…I cried so much. 💔💔💔 I brought Mahalia’s album.
@@MarilynB-MariLuv my grandmother passed away in 1988. I bought the movie on ebay it's so 😥 I cried watching the movie ty for responding....have a blessed day.
Even though I hate how Sarah Jane treated her mother, there’s no way I could watch that movie without feeling some sort of compassion for her at the end. I realize that her behavior towards her mother were reprehensible, but during that time, blackness was a scab to be worn. She wasn’t the only biracial person to pass for white if it all possible. If you knew that your outward appearance would mark you for life and relegate you to mistreatment at every turn, you may try to run from it as well. That dude literally assaulted her after finding out her mother was black.
But why choose to join Whiteness? It is basically portrayed as violent, evil, alien, exclusionary…whiteness is clearly not a healthy thing to desire to be. I’m very surprised at anyone wanting to be “White.” To pursue personal power as the expense of liberation for all and equality is wild to me. Why do people forget that it’s not Blackness that was ever a problem…. the violence of whiteness has always been the only problem. She is trying to escape the systemic violence of whiteness by becoming accepted as one of them. Lots of White people have given up children, cut off family members and lied about their partners identity in order to remain in the good financial graces of the cult. White people can fix this problem by reducing the xenophobia in their culture. Look at how accepting her mother was of her - even though she looked white! This has to be stopped and White people hold the power to do it.
Oh my god 😢 I finally found it, I remember watching this film with my mom she sadly passed away some years now,it was the first time we cried together watching this movie 😢
The best Movie ever she was so horrible to her Mom her Mom was such a sweet respectable Woman what was their to be ashamed of Sarah Jane I still cry when I watch this Movie❤
Sarah Jane didn't want to be the outcast and felt left out but a mother's love is so powerful. Annie kept loving her even though she was ignored or the blame. I never seen this movie but some day I want to see the whole movie.
This is a very good film that my mom forced me to watch this as a kid, howeve, I have NO IDEA whatsoever why this very old classic KEEPS popping into my feed.
@@Vanipollonia1 unlike the 1934. Freddie Washington was light skinned white passing in looks but both of her parents were black. Hollywood wanted her to white pass, but she refused and had to have her skin darkened for roles.
There’s a black an white movie about a woman who passes for white marries a shoulder .. she loses her child and asked what color was the baby’s. Her husband thought she had cheated on him. She returns home separated from her husband 😢
I cried every time I watched that movie it made realize it doesn’t matter what you color you come out to be from your mothers womb, that love is more powerful the end of the day!
Every year we would all run home from playing outside to watch that movie. We loved to play outside but that movie was on. Every year, that movie, The Wizard of Oz, and Cinderella came on every year. I always cried and cried. 😢😢😢😢
I love this film. She soon acknowledged her mother when it was too late. Mahalia Jackson killed Troubles of the World. Sad film but still got some black women who are ashame of their colour.
5:57 reminds me of my dad crying over my grandpas lifeless body a few months ago in the hospital after yrs of holding on to resentment toward his father.. “ daddy I’m sorry” he cried 😔😢
This is my most favorite movie. I saw it the first time when i was a teenager and over the years, each time i saw it i understood it more. I own a copy now, so i can watch it whenever i need to.😊
Could be wrong but I suspect that in a lot of these old timey mixed-white marriages, both sides of the family (white and non-white) knew but kept things quiet to avoid problems with the wider society.
No not quite that. But a lot of babies got passed around. Plus interracial marriage was illegal in 50-75% of the USA. White men often had mixed or Black mistresses (or victims) but a Black wife was exceedingly rare.
As a bi-racial person, I absolutely hate this film. It is bias against Sarah Jane's perspective. It is a propaganda film to promote racial bias against bi-racial people. It made Sarah Jane out to be not only the villian, but the scapegoat.
A statement made by Sarah Jane's mother said it all. "How can I tell my child she was born to be hurt." What a cruel curse to place upon your own child. A mother's outlook can make or break a child's life. This is a protrayal of how to destroy your own child in my opinion.
Exactly 💯 👏🏼. Thank you. It is a propaganda film to glamorize whiteness and vilify Biracial people, all while making blacks look like victims. It's disgusting.
@@MulattoHistoryChannel Sarah Jane wasn’t bi-racial. Her mother in the beginning of the film stated her father was near white, which means he had in the vernacular of times colored blood. He would have been classified as a mulatto. Now in accordance to those classification he would have been either a quad (one quarter) or a octo (one eighth). Also with the laws of eugenics which were heavily in rotation you need to go at least three generations back in order to be claimed by that race. So Sarah Jane’s parentage would have cast her as colored. Although her mothers words were unfortunate for that time period it was true she was going to have to embrace being colored or she was going to have to walk away and pass which brings on a whole other set of issues and problems. For that time period Sarah Jane’s appearance didn’t represent who she was which was a colored woman. Her attitude towards her mother was foul and no matter how anybody tries to manipulate it. The young man who beat her up had not met her mother he heard her mother was a negro. Each time her mother found her she was in compromising situations. She wanted to be white, which is what she was trying to achieve let’s not pretend, there were much more savory ways to do so. There is another movie from that time period about a colored woman who looked white who was educated and began passing out of frustration. Ultimately due to some not being able to accept who she was she ended up walking away from the life she created. If you haven’t watch the 1934 version of this movie. The actress who played Pecola the Sarah Jane of that movie was actually colored Freddie Washington and she makes Sarah Jane look like a choir girl.
@@MulattoHistoryChannel huh
@@timtebowfan628 by loving and rising her 🤨
Uhh this movie was released in 1959, my mother was 10 yrs old at that time. So if she wasn’t offended neither should you be offended 😡. Get your panties out of a bunch and find something useful to do with yourself .
This movie crushed me 😭. Her mother was so loving and caring.
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross
“Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
I agree
Yes
*Crushed me terribly.*
“Society is not something that exists apart from us - we have created it.”
Watched this as a child, 73 now, and it still saddens me. You don't find too many movies today that really touch your heart, and make you shed tears. like this one does.
I HAVE THE MOVIE....AND I CAN NEVER CONTAIN MY FEELINGS....I HURT JUST LOOKING AT PREVIEWS
Still brings tears to my eyes. Makes me want to watch it in its entirety.
YEEESSS!!! Me too!😢 When Mrs. Laura is sitting by Annie's bed and she takes her last breath and Mrs. Laura screams out Noooo! That's the tear jerker!😭
Very Sad denying her morher
The Movie with Sydney Poitier A PATCH OF BLUE was a real teary one to watch.
The ending is so heart-wrenching!! The actress who played Sara Jane played the hell out of her part. SHE DESERVED AN OSCAR!!!
Right she NEVER GOT ONE 😢
That was Natalie Woods
No.@@naskeelove6363
@@naskeelove6363 - That wasn’t Natalie Woods! 😂
Wrong. Her name is Susan Kohner@@naskeelove6363
I can’t watch this movie without crying. Annie had so many friends. That funeral was such a send off.
Your right. Every time I watch this movie it brings me to tears
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With Mahalia singing out to the Lord as well. I read somewhere that the actors' reactions at the funeral were real because they didn't know that Mahalia was going to be in the movie, let alone sing.
I've seen this movie about 100 plus times. Each time feels like the first time. I cry my heart out. Great cast awesome actors. All time classic movie. 😢
It's 2024 and this ending still brings me to tears.
I’m glad that woman told her not to disrespect her mom this is so sad…
Agreed
This movie is so heartbreaking! But I must say the actors are phenomenal! Rest in peace to the actors who have passed.
One of my favorite movies of all time. I believe Susan Kohner (adult Sarah Jane) and Karin Dicker (young Sarah Jane) are all we have left of the main cast members.
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross
“Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
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One of the things most people miss is the young white male star who was believed to be a very popular star that slapped her several times in her face when he found out she was black. Hell, he followed her to keep beating her in her face. You could tell it was made before civil rights.
My mom is a baby boomer and this is her favorite movie ❤. The gospel singer at the funeral was the great Mahalia Jackson and she was my grandmother’s favorite singer ❤.
For decades since 1959, Imitation Of Life made Universal Studios more money than any other movie. Lana Turner was my mother's favorite actress. The Postman Always Rings Twice and Madame X!
Imitation Of Life is American culture - a cult classic! A tear-jerker!
I met Lana Turner in 1991 Los Angeles. I was starstruck!
Yes indeed, Mahalia Jackson was an excellent singer with a beautiful and powerful voice ❤.
Yes she was my Grandmother's favorite singer too. And as a singer myself I grew to love Mahalia J too.
My mom too born 58
@@patremagilbert682 I was born in '58 and biracial: white father, black mother. This film hits home in SO many ways. It also breaks my heart because I could never do my Mom that way . . . yet, I understood her situation.
They both deserved the Oscar! Not just their earned nominations!
Totally agree unfortunately juanita Moore couldn't find work for two years after this film came out due to the times it was difficult to find work
Agree
This hits so effing hard. Can’t believe it still makes me cry after all these years.
The funeral scene tears me up every time 😢
I cry like a baby every time I see that scene.
Me too ..Sara Jane loved her mom. .but the world wasn't accepting of her if they knew she was half black
@@spicyhot2552she wasn't half black.
@@dawndavenport5166 In the movie she was half black..but not in real.life
@@dawndavenport5166 take a breath its a movie not that deep lol plenty half black people in real life with similar experiences that look alot like Sara Jane doesn't matter
I have never forgotten the way that the teacher's mouth hung open once she realized that Annie was Sara Jane's mom. The shock on her face.
Her mom died of a broken heart love Annie so much what a tear jerker ❤❤😢❤❤
I don’t care that Sarah Jane grew up in the 40’s and 50’s. That was no excuse for the way she treated her mother.
@kcirtapelyk6060 Self righteousness much.
@@bunnitrixelstrange3594Sounds like someone is an ungrateful brat who doesn’t appreciate the people who gave them life and raised them. Birds of a feather, flock together.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 "The people who gave them life“? You mean her absentee White father who had a one night stand with her mother who couldn’t be bothered to have a conversation about race. Then brings Sarah into the World FATHERLESS in that society. It’s not just about race. Being the child of a single mom in those days was considered humiliating and shameful. You said "I don’t care if it’s the 40s/50s“ but time period and context does MATTER. Yeah this just screams of classic narcissism and zero foresight. You reap what you sow!
I agree. She was awful to her mother. I had no sympathy for her at the funeral.
Her mother should have understood
I watched this as a child and cried 😢
I still cry til this day!
I cried so much while watching the movie . I still cry
Sarah Jane was so cruel to her mother. All her mother had wanted to do was just love and protect her. 😞💔
Underneath that cruelty, Sarah Jane deeply loved her mother.
@@RoseHunt-li7dfyep she Loved her mother but Annie died of a broken heart she never wanted Sarah Jane to suffer it was hurting Annie she felt Sarah Jane pain
@@doncooper384yes the mother felt every inch of her daughter pain and it killed her not able to help her.
The greatest movie EVER… in the whole wide world. I will never forget how this movie made me feel. I will never forget Mahalia Jackson singing. I will never forget the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the background. And I will never forget how proud I was to have a black mother!!!!!
Same here.
This is one of my favorite movies no matter how many times I watch it l always end up crying
What’s the name of this movie?
Sarah Jane's self hate was to the bone.
She drove her poor mother to die with a broken heart...😢
😢 so sad 😢😢😢
💔😢😢😢
@@marcusanderson933 so 😢😢😢😢😢 movie ever
Who created that thought for a child 🤔
Society
😢😢this film is magnificent, in 2024 crying and I've seen it a dozen time's...pulls on your heart strings every time ❤❤❤😢😢😢
Nothing Like A Mothers Love For Her Child!!!❤️
I saw this movie in my teens, and never forgot it. Now own the DVD. An incredibly good movie.
I lived it
I am an ol' Boomer Black woman and I saw this movie as a kid in the early 1960's..I cried then and I cry now when rewatching it as it is just as poignant as ever!..The actress who played Annie was so great in her role.The funeral scene...well there are no words.......🙏😇
The amazing Juanita Moore!
You only get one momma
True
Especially if u have a good one
😢😢😢😢true.
Amen 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
I miss my mum every day but often sense her presence 🌌💕🙏
Sarah Jane deserves a bit of sympathy because she had no idea how to navigate a world where there was no place for her in it. Her mother's love was not enough to help her pivot.
A powerful movie...still😢
Not really! Sarah wanted to be white so she could fit in. She hated who she was! Until it was too late.
You'll find my sympathy for Sarah Jane between sh## and syphilis. Your mother is the one that God picked himself to be the everything you need to survive this cruel world. Her mother was trying to make her unashamed through love, but she also should've said more to her as a child. But that is not a reason to treat your mother like crap.
@@wrinthiak3431
Sara was navigating herself in that world, she was able to pass for white, but the mama kept messing it up for her. Trying to get her to be proud of being black. But if you ain't proud, you just ain't proud. That's all there is to it.
Sara Jane is biracial in real life. She's half Mexican and white
No remorse for her. She was an evil spirit. Hate the world but y hate your mother that unconditionally loved her
She couldn’t see what a wonderful Mum she had.
The ending absolutely Broke my heart ❤️
😢😢😢😢im just seeing this video it's absolutely sad
78 and it still brings tears.
THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE MOVIE ABOVE ALL MOVIES ! The actors were phenomenal!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
a real tear jerker 😢💞
This movie was absolutely heartbreaking 💔 😢
The actress who played Sarah Jane was awesome and should've won a Oscar outstanding acting
Susan Kohner I think I think her son made movies later on
@@JoyWelling-k6g she was awesome, and she was biracial in real life. She was half Mexican and half white
@@Sun-i6sdidn't know that. She's very beautiful, and really good as Sarah Jane.ll
@@craigbfolksinger
I don't know about her son, but her mother made movies. She was an actress in Mexico and she lived to be over one hundred.
@@craigbfolksingeractually her sons are directors they did the American pie films Susan retired from acting a few years after this film came out to be a wife and mother
This was a great movie , brought tears to my eyes 🦋
One of the greatest movies of all times. Rest In Heavenly Peace, The Late Iconic Ms. Juanita Moore, Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, Mahalia Jackson and Mr. John Gavin! ❤❤🥰👑🏆📺🎬😇🌟🌟🎉🎉🙏🙏🕊🕊
A movie like this was needed to help us understand diversity, bi-racial inequality, such a tremendous movie that resonates on so many levels. I understand many have faulted the movie for its transgressions, but it was wrenching & the acting from all were superb. Juanita & Susan DESERVED THOSE OSCARS!
Tears in my eyes again. One of the best ever made ❤️
Sarah Jane was missing her mother's love and touch. Their embrace speaks Love.
Knowing that you're black but can pass as white.
Her head must have been in all kinds of places.
Even though being black and looking black is so much harder, at least the world knows that you're black. You know that you're black. But when you're black and look white...its hard to be accepted by both sides. I feel for her, not knowing where she truly belongs.
But she didn't have to treat the only person who loved her more than anything that way.
Blacks can't pass as white.
The comedian Carol Channing was a good example of a "" black person " passing for white
It’s not that deep
@@giachanel633 That's because her father was a mulatto & her mother was a white woman.
@@giachanel633she was mixed race😂😂😂
I always watch this. It is the deepest movie that ever came on the screen. WOW, I still cry.
My FAVORITE movie. ❤
This movie changed my life. 😢
This was my grandma's all time favorit movie, she would cry everytime she watched it. She couldn't understand why being different was always looked down on.
🧐 Your grandma did not understand why passing for white was a chosen path than being cruelly treated as a brown person?🧐🤔
@@bonitabonita3431 .. wow, are you really are that stupid ? Did you read the comment, did I use words that are too advanced for you to understand ?
@@bonitabonita3431 stop putting words into peoples mouth. That’s not what that person said at all
This is my favorite movie of all time
Ever since I was 9 years old and saw this movie; I would cry 😭 during the funeral scene. I mean, I boo-hoo like a baby. I’m even crying now, 😭watching it.
To late to call MAMA now, when MAMA was here you didn't appreciate her 😭😭😭😭😭😭 so sad
One of my favorite movies!!!❤
I also cry everytime, especially when her mom asks Sara Jane, for a final hug!!!😢
That scene rips my heart to shreds every time!
Most Magnificent film of all time. Such a powerful tear jerker. Phenomenal actresses !
When I saw this as a kid I didn't flinch but now I cry EVERY SINGLE TIME
This movie was my Grandmas favorite. It is also wanna mine but always makes me ball my eyes.
I love this movie although it's very heartbreaking 😢
I remember watching this movie as a young girl an how sad it made me . Your heart hurt. ❤
It's 2024........and yyyyy did I just watch this...I'm wiping my eyes wayy to much.
Me to 😢😢
Her mother died of a broken heart….A mother’s love for her child is so powerful….I am crying now watching these scenes…This classic movie is timeless
My mother is light skinned West Indian and my father was black (now deceased). My mother loved this movie so much that she named her first born Mahalia after Mahalia Jackson.
My mother liked Sarah Jane Mixed European and black. From st kitts and nevis
I loved this movie it was beautiful and made about mixed-race young women who can pass for no other race but Caucasian. The part I did not like when the guy she was dating fine out. And he began slapping her in the face. It's was only a movie premiere that demonstrated racism in those days of a biracial child or children.
I loved the actors and actresses. I believe that all people Universally need to watch this movie premiere who's are in biracial relationships even today. I understand back then that people talked to marriage only in your race. And a lot of nationality still teaches that to their children today. Thanks for sharing. PeaceUn2U I♡it. 7/24/24
The best movie of all time, just simply the best 👌👌👌👍👍
My mom had me watch this - I couldn’t understand why as a child -but my mom had a darker complexion than I did - this was so educational because I didn’t believe anyone would mistreat their mom…I cried so much. 💔💔💔
I brought Mahalia’s album.
This is one of my favs..It's so difficult to find and watch for free! My mom made watch it..the lesson was be proud of where u come from!
Thumbs up if this was your mom’s favorite movie ❤
I love this .movie. I She was so disrespectful to her mother . I'm 79 now and it still makes me cry.Especially the ending.
My grandmother's favourite film.😢. May watch this weekend 😢😢
What's the name of the movie 🍿 Ty
@@barbaramelville337Imatation of Life. I'm probably your
grandmother 's age
@@MarilynB-MariLuv my grandmother passed away in 1988. I bought the movie on ebay it's so 😥 I cried watching the movie ty for responding....have a blessed day.
Even though I hate how Sarah Jane treated her mother, there’s no way I could watch that movie without feeling some sort of compassion for her at the end. I realize that her behavior towards her mother were reprehensible, but during that time, blackness was a scab to be worn. She wasn’t the only biracial person to pass for white if it all possible. If you knew that your outward appearance would mark you for life and relegate you to mistreatment at every turn, you may try to run from it as well.
That dude literally assaulted her after finding out her mother was black.
It's just really hard to swallow but we must all really accept this anti blackness that exist in ALL of us
She was not Biracial, Sarah Jane was Black!! Her Father was a light skinned Black Man.
@@jakebarneman8702she was mixed
Thank you, if you watched the movie you should know this.
But why choose to join Whiteness? It is basically portrayed as violent, evil, alien, exclusionary…whiteness is clearly not a healthy thing to desire to be. I’m very surprised at anyone wanting to be “White.” To pursue personal power as the expense of liberation for all and equality is wild to me. Why do people forget that it’s not Blackness that was ever a problem…. the violence of whiteness has always been the only problem. She is trying to escape the systemic violence of whiteness by becoming accepted as one of them. Lots of White people have given up children, cut off family members and lied about their partners identity in order to remain in the good financial graces of the cult. White people can fix this problem by reducing the xenophobia in their culture. Look at how accepting her mother was of her - even though she looked white! This has to be stopped and White people hold the power to do it.
This is one of my favorites.
I'm crying now 60 years later.😢😢😢😢😢
Me too!
Oh my god 😢 I finally found it, I remember watching this film with my mom she sadly passed away some years now,it was the first time we cried together watching this movie 😢
My favorite movie of all time. Loved it. ❤
The best Movie ever she was so horrible to her Mom her Mom was such a sweet respectable Woman what was their to be ashamed of Sarah Jane I still cry when I watch this Movie❤
Sarah Jane didn't want to be the outcast and felt left out but a mother's love is so powerful. Annie kept loving her even though she was ignored or the blame. I never seen this movie but some day I want to see the whole movie.
Wonderful movie, but you will need a lot of tissue.
Enjoy!
This is one of my absolute favorite films. You would not be able to get through it without crying. Fantastic acting. Poignant storyline.
This is one of the GREATEST MOVIES THAT I’VE EVER SEEN! Alongside of: Peyton Place, A Splendor in The Grass, It’s A Wonderful Life
All great actors, makes me cry every time One of my favorite movies.
THE MOTHER WAS SO BEAUTIFUL! ❤
Imitation of Life (Great Movie) 🥰😊💯👍🏼
Every time I watch this film it still makes me cry😭
This is a very good film that my mom forced me to watch this as a kid, howeve, I have NO IDEA whatsoever why this very old classic KEEPS popping into my feed.
This movie always makes me cry. Fantastic acting and actors. ❤
This movie had me in tears 😂
“Society is not something that exists apart from us - we have created it.”
The actress who played Sarah Jane is the only one still alive.
Yes, and the actress who played her, Susan Kohner, is Mexican & Hungarian Jewish.
@@Vanipollonia1 unlike the 1934. Freddie Washington was light skinned white passing in looks but both of her parents were black. Hollywood wanted her to white pass, but she refused and had to have her skin darkened for roles.
@@peachygal4153 Yeah, I've seen that version of Imitation of Life as well. Someone on CZcams did a whole video about Freddie Washington.
Good to know.
She so beautiful but she was mean to her mother
The ending of this movie is sooo sad ii get all emotional and teary eyed you only get one mother in life
😢😢😢I have this movie i cry evertime she says mean things to her mama Then when Annie passes i completely crying uncontrollably
I have this movie on a double feature DVD. The other movie is 1934 version of Imitation of Life.
I did not know there was another version.
There’s a black an white movie about a woman who passes for white marries a shoulder .. she loses her child and asked what color was the baby’s. Her husband thought she had cheated on him. She returns home separated from her husband 😢
Claudette Colbert plays the main mother of Susan.
@@octavianicole6958 The movie is called "I Passed for White".
@tanyasoto1346 In the 1934 version, the daughter's name was Jessie, not Sarah Jane.
I cried every time I watched that movie it made realize it doesn’t matter what you color you come out to be from your mothers womb, that love is more powerful the end of the day!
Every year we would all run home from playing outside to watch that movie. We loved to play outside but that movie was on. Every year, that movie, The Wizard of Oz, and Cinderella came on every year. I always cried and cried. 😢😢😢😢
The original version was made in the 30s in black and white. I saw it and I think this version is better.
Yes you did kill her
Contente d'avoir retrouvé ce film 😊
This is a great movie! I have it in my movie library.
That was my mom's and I favorite movie.
This movie Jehovah help me .. terror heartbreak anger and sadness. This was an intense movie .. the sad thing is .. this hasn’t died
I love this movie- I use to watch it every year when I was a kid!!! I cry every time!!
I love this film. She soon acknowledged her mother when it was too late. Mahalia Jackson killed Troubles of the World. Sad film but still got some black women who are ashame of their colour.
My mother's favorite movie 😢😢😢
This Movie 🎥 Makes Me Cry No Matter How Many Times I Have Seen It
5:57 reminds me of my dad crying over my grandpas lifeless body a few months ago in the hospital after yrs of holding on to resentment toward his father.. “ daddy I’m sorry” he cried 😔😢
My favorite movie of ALL time!
I have both the 1934 and 1959 version of Imitation of Life films on a double feature dvd.
Nice 👍🏼
As a mulatto woman myself this is so sad to see 😢
No it's beautiful, because it's historical evidence we EXIST. The black community would rather have you watching slave movies
@@krazyjnva2up2down55 exactly
This is my most favorite movie. I saw it the first time when i was a teenager and over the years, each time i saw it i understood it more. I own a copy now, so i can watch it whenever i need to.😊
So unforgettable movie of our time
Annie's performance is awesome they picked a great cast a plus
Could be wrong but I suspect that in a lot of these old timey mixed-white marriages, both sides of the family (white and non-white) knew but kept things quiet to avoid problems with the wider society.
@chiefinspector6895 Yeah that seems more plausible!
No not quite that. But a lot of babies got passed around.
Plus interracial marriage was illegal in 50-75% of the USA. White men often had mixed or Black mistresses (or victims) but a Black wife was exceedingly rare.
Sarah Jane wasn't the result of interracial marriage because earlier in the movie, Annie explains that SJ's father looked "practically white."