My Baby Is Black
Halfsheet poster for the 1961 French film
"My Baby Is Black" (original French title: Les lâches vivent d'espoir or "Cowards Live on Hope"), which was re-released in the U.S. in 1965 as an exploitation film to draw audiences with its provocative title and subject matter.
Film Details
Original Title: Les lâches vivent d'espoir ("Cowards Live on Hope")
Release Date: March 1, 1961 (France); February 10, 1965 (United States re-release)
Genre: Romantic drama, re-marketed as an exploitation film in the U.S.
Director: Claude Bernard-Aubert
Distributed by (US): American Film Distributing Corp.
Plot: The film is a romantic drama about a white college student, Françoise (Françoise Giret), in Paris who has a relationship with a black medical student named Daniel (Gordon Heath). The story explores their love and the difficulties they face from friends, family, and society due to racism and bigotry at a time when interracial relationships were a significant social taboo in many parts of the world. The American release heavily sensationalized the plot with taglines like "The most controversial shock story of our time... finally reaches the screen!".
"My Baby Is Black" (original French title: Les lâches vivent d'espoir or "Cowards Live on Hope"), which was re-released in the U.S. in 1965 as an exploitation film to draw audiences with its provocative title and subject matter.
Film Details
Original Title: Les lâches vivent d'espoir ("Cowards Live on Hope")
Release Date: March 1, 1961 (France); February 10, 1965 (United States re-release)
Genre: Romantic drama, re-marketed as an exploitation film in the U.S.
Director: Claude Bernard-Aubert
Distributed by (US): American Film Distributing Corp.
Plot: The film is a romantic drama about a white college student, Françoise (Françoise Giret), in Paris who has a relationship with a black medical student named Daniel (Gordon Heath). The story explores their love and the difficulties they face from friends, family, and society due to racism and bigotry at a time when interracial relationships were a significant social taboo in many parts of the world. The American release heavily sensationalized the plot with taglines like "The most controversial shock story of our time... finally reaches the screen!".
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