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Summer Classics Seminar: Imitation of Life (1959)

Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute

August 17, 2011

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Have you wanted to take a film class at Bryn Mawr Film Institute but couldn’t commit to multiple sessions? Are you interested in learning more about a particular classic film? Do you want an entertaining, engaging, and comfortable way to spend a hot summer evening? If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, then Summer Classics Seminars are for you. Each stand-alone class is built around a different classic film. Just like BMFI's regular courses, each class will offer students a reading about the film, an introductory lecture before the film and a guided discussion after the film. In addition, your ticket to see the film on the big screen, as well as popcorn and a drink, are included.

Alice Bullitt, M.A., will lead this Summer Classics Seminar about Imitation of Life. Questions of race and class are woven throughout Douglas Sirk's expertly crafted melodrama, which follows an aspiring actress and her housekeeper as they achieve upward mobility, but suffer from personal struggles with their daughters. The 1959 film will be shown in the theater on 35mm. This seminar is sponsored in honor of philosopher, educator, author, and filmmaker Jose Ferrater-Mora.