Illusions

34m

5.6

A woman in a Hollywood dubbing studio struggles with race and preconceptions. 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.

Cast

Lieutenant Bedford

Telephone Operator

Blonde Bombshell

Crew

Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

Charles Burnett

Ahmed El Maânouni

Director of Photography

Bernard Nicolas

Assistant Director

Brenda Y. Shockley

Executive Producer

Jennifer Smith-Ashley

Richard Cervani

Sound Recordist

Sound Recordist

Patrick Viktor Monroe

Sound Recordist

Eugene Bohlmann

Original Music Composer