Illusions
‘Illusions’ is a drama set in a Hollywood film studio just after the Second World War. The central character is Mignon, a Black woman “passing” as white in her own personal struggle to bring about changes in attitudes to her gender and her race. She critically re-examines her decision to “pass” while attempting to defend the interests of a young Black woman being exploited in the industry. Made in film noir style,’Illusions’ plays inventively on themes of cultural, racial and sexual domination.
While its touch is light and entertaining, it offers the most searing revelation in any medium of the expropriation of popular Black culture by the US mass culture industry…
– Clyde Taylor
Description Source: Cinenova Catalogue (1994). Edited by Kate Norrish. Editorial committee: Elaine Burrows, Liane Harris, Helen de Witt
