Imitation Of Life

As part of our ICOMS 20th Anniversary, Black Cinema Club and the Bernie Grant Arts Centre have got together with ICOMS to bring you an all time classic movie.

Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), a white single mother who dreams of being on Broadway, has a chance encounter with Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), a black widow. Annie becomes the caretaker of Lora's daughter, Suzie (Sandra Dee), while Lora pursues her stage career.

Both women deal with the difficulties of motherhood: Lora's thirst for fame threatens her relationship with Suzie, while Annie's light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner), struggles with her black identity.

Q & A after the film.