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High yellow, occasionally simply yellow ( dialect: yaller, yella ), is a term used to describe a light-skinned person of white and black ancestry. It is also used as a slang for those thought to have "yellow undertones". [ 1] The term was in common use in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century ...
Box office. $14,545,844 [ 1] School Daze is a 1988 American musical drama comedy film written and directed by Spike Lee and starring Lee along with Laurence Fishburne (credited as Larry Fishburne), Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell. Released on February 12, 1988 by Columbia Pictures as Lee's second feature film, and based partly on his ...
A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white boy, who is unaware of her race. 1959 [17] The World of Suzie Wong: Richard Quine: A foreigner falls for a Chinese prostitute in Hong Kong: 1960: My Baby is Black! Claude Bernard-Aubert: 1961: Flame in the Streets: Roy Ward Baker: 1961: Bridge to the Sun: Etienne Périer
No Highway in the Sky (also known as No Highway) is a 1951 black-and-white aviation drama film directed by Henry Koster from a screenplay by R. C. Sherriff, Oscar Millard, and Alec Coppel, based on the 1948 novel No Highway by Nevil Shute. The film stars James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, Janette Scott, Elizabeth Allan ...
English. Honey 3: Dare to Dance is a 2016 American dance film directed by Bille Woodruff and starring Cassie Ventura and Kenny Wormald. It is the third installment in the Honey film series. The film was released on Netflix and DVD and Blu-ray on September 6, 2016. Filming for Honey 3 took place in Cape Town, South Africa .
Mudhoney (sometimes Mud Honey) is a 1965 Southern Gothic film directed by Russ Meyer. [1] It is based on the novel Streets Paved With Gold by Raymond Friday Locke . The film is a period drama set during the Great Depression .
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) After receiving a golden bullet with James Bond's code "007" etched into its surface M relieves Bond of a mission locating a British scientist, Gibson, who has invented the "Solex agitator", a device to harness solar power, thereby solving the energy crisis.
Passing is a 2021 American historical drama film written and directed by Rebecca Hall in her feature directorial debut. It is adapted from the 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen. Set in 1920s New York City, the film follows the intertwined life of a black woman ( Tessa Thompson) and her white-passing childhood friend ( Ruth Negga ).