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  1. Illusions is a 1982 film written and directed by Julie Dash. The short film depicts the life of an African American woman passing as a white woman working in the film industry during the 1940s. It calls attention to the lack of African Americans in the film industry during that era.

  2. Aug 30, 1982 · A 1982 drama by Julie Dash about a Black woman who passes as white in a fictional movie studio in the 1940s. The film explores the illusions of cinema, identity and society in wartime Hollywood.

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    • Drama, Short
    • Julie Dash
    • 1982-08-30
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  5. Apr 4, 2019 · This highly-acclaimed drama by one of the leading African American women directors follows Mignons dilemma, Ester’s struggle and the use of cinema in wartime Hollywood: three illusions in conflict with reality.”

  6. Illusions is a self-reflexive film about a fictional Hollywood studio in the 1940s, where two African American women face racism and invisibility. The film explores the power and limitations of cinema as a historian and a mirror of society.

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  8. In Julie Dash’s radical critique of the Hollywood system, Mignon Duprée (Lonnette Mckee), a white passing Hollywood producer, strives to change the way Black people are seen in movies. Director: Julie Dash. Year: 1982. Genre: Drama.

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