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Black Angels

Black Angels

1948 · 100 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

Starring Mexican star Pedro Infante, "Black Angels" is about a couple formed by a beautiful woman and a singer, both white, who are parents of a black girl. The woman blames him, but the girl will suffer the racist treatment from her own mother. Mexican version of the famous novel by Fannie Hurst "Imitation of Life"

Directed by Joselito Rodríguez · Written by Joselito Rodríguez

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