Summary Rena ( Shingzie Howard ), a beautiful mulatto woman, who passes as white, receives a proposal from an aristocratic white millionaire who has fallen in love with her. Rena accepts without revealing the secret of her racial background. Unhappy, Rena returns to her former lover, Frank Fowler, a black man, who has risen to power despite his color. She tells him that although she has fooled the public, she has not fooled herself. View more details
Directed : Oscar Micheaux
Written : Oscar Micheaux Charles W. Chesnutt
Stars : Lawrence Chenault Andrew Bishop Shingzie Howard Alma Sewell
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jan 31, 1945
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Summary Rena ( Shingzie Howard ), a beautiful mulatto woman, who passes as white, receives a proposal from an aristocratic white millionaire who has fallen in love with her. Rena accepts without revealing the secret of her racial background. Unhappy, Rena returns to her former lover, Frank Fowler, a black man, who has risen to power despite his color. She tells him that although she has fooled the public, she has not fooled herself. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jan 31, 1945
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : Roanoke, Virginia, USA
