High Yellow
Directed byLarry Buchanan
Written byLarry Buchanan
Based onErskine William's Diary of a Negro Maid[1]
Produced byLarry Buchanan
Starring
  • Cynthia Hull
  • Warren Hammack
  • Kay Taylor
  • Bill McGhee
  • Anne MacAdams
Distributed byThunder Pictures
Release date
August 4, 1965
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

High Yellow is a 1965 film written and directed by Larry Buchanan. Its story concerns a black girl who tries to pass for white.[2]

Plot

Cynthia Wood is a 17-year-old, light-skinned black girl. She tries to pass as white after being hired by wealthy movie magnate, Mr. Langley.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. 1997. p. 478. ISBN 9780520209701.
  2. ↑ High Yellow at TCMDB
  3. ↑ High Yellow at Letterboxd


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