Pinky

Name: Pinky
Genre: drama
Released: 1949
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael

Pinky (1949) — drama film. Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan. This page maps 5 characters and 6 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

Interactive Features for Pinky

Pinky offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:

Character Relationship Map — Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 5 characters interconnect through 6 relationship links.
AI Story Visualization & Plot Analysis — AI-powered breakdown of story structure, emotional arcs, turning points, and narrative progression.

Story Analysis

A light-skinned Black woman confronts racial identity, legal injustice, and personal legacy in the segregated South.

Drama · 7.1/10 · 102 min · 1949

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.