So true. She killed her spirit

It pays to treat your Mother right and show her Love while she is still alive

Duronda Davis she dogged her mother...that was a shame.

Makayla Singleton you can actually scientifically die from a broken heart because with always being sad a surge of stress hormones basically attack your heart and causes short-term muscle failure

You can tell in certain parts of this movie Sara Jane really did love her mother..but she felt life would be easier for her by passing as white which sadly broke her mother's heart .💔

Amen

Amen to that. I graduated in 82 and my mother often referred to this movie. We don't know what we have until it's gone

Amen 😭😭😭😭

Truth

Maybe. Remember that there is some mothers so damn unfit it's terrible.

Yes, was about to comment the same/along those lines. When I'm feeling emotional/need a good cry I watch this scene & the one when they see each other for the last time.

Right smh 💔💯

They recognized her. They were shocked to see her

𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖳𝗂𝗆𝖾!

Everytime God this made my heart bleed

I’ve seen probably 100 times and it still gets me.

Every Single Time! Got me ugly crying Chile.

True, Me and my momma are clearly black, but I cry every time 😢😆

Hug her every day ❤️

Amen 🙏🏽 me too❤😇😇

Crazy thing is she wanted to be white so bad tht at this point she was as she tried to get over there the. Police STILL wouldn't let her get by

You won't always have her so stfu

Cherish her and let her know how much you love her!

Me too smh😭😭😢😰

Me too 💜👍🏿😭

I do too. I am sitting here right with with tears running down my cheeks

@Willie Gordon because she saved her money for it an told the white that's how she wanted to go. An ms laura honored her wishes. U must have watched the whole movie u must watch it...

Me five

Thus the title “Imitation” of life

You have a good point. She didn't seem happy at all.

Good Juju Because it was a fake life

@Lynda Anthony not necessarily. Many didn't find out until the person passing passed away and their birth certificate revealed the truth. Passing was a necessity in a racist country.

She wasnt true to herself

Exactly 😔

You're Education was worth every penny!

I know your comment was 6 months ago but the answer to the 1st question is A WICKED an Perverse ONE! God bless you.

Exactly a wicked and cruel country!!! So sad😥😥😥

America.

Awwwwwwww... Pops..

Lol this made me chuckle but it's true. My dad was a very manly man and he also always had to go to the restroom as well. May both of our fathers rest.

@@z0ee996 You don't get what?🤦🏽‍♀️

@@z0ee996 you have no soul that's why

@@z0ee996 It's an emotional scene. A tear jerker.

Me too 😭😭🙋

Me too

Every single time, at such a young age this scene taught me an important lesson. One of my favorite movies of all times.

Me too 🤗

Me too. I bawl every single time

That’s what I noticed. Wonder why there were so many people there?

I was wondering same thing. Man I want to watch the whole thing

She was active in the church, and she mentioned earlier in the film that she belonged to several lodges. She also impacted many during her life; like their old milkman from the old flat they lived in before Lora made it big. She was still sending him money every Christmas.

That was strange, but then again its just a movie. Would Mahalia Jackson sing anywhere?

She wanted a big funeral which she stated on her death bed. And if there is a band playing with horses, naturally most people would go outside to watch it and pay thier respects

Every day

I talk to mine daily

@@amberwilliams8149 That's wonderful Amber. I take good care of my mom and tell her I love her daily.

@Willie Gordon I'm sure your mama knew you loved her!

@@pamelajohnson2930 Wonderful!

I understand you completely. I lost my own beloved Mother last year. Tonight I watched this wonderful movie, and my God how I cried when I saw that scene. I miss my Mum more than words can ever say. I think about all those times when I should have told her how much I loved her. And I did, every now and then. But I should have done it ten times more often. She was the gold of my life. Mum, I love you so terribly much, and I miss you so terribly much!!!!!!! 😢😢😢

🫂

It was too late my friend.

I just did that. That song was played at my grandmother's funeral because she loved it. I did not go to the funeral. My mom told me about it and it made her so sad that she couldn't ever listen to that song again. Now both my grandma and Mom are gone. Miss them both.

Anch'io mi metto a piangere, ogni volta che guardo questo film !!!! È commovente !!!! A me tocca il cuore !!!!! 😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Same with my children.

My daughters dad is extremely white (literally like an extra from Sound of Music) and she is very fair skinned with blonde hair. I used to have people say “that’s not your baby is it?”. Twice I had people think that I was kidnapping her, once at the post office and once at the grocery store. When I said I was her mom I got no apologies or even a sheepish look.

Her father wasn't Whyte

@@darielg7299 In this version he was white passing in the first version he was White. They censored it since interracial relationships was still very taboo.

Your mother is beautiful and you should be proud of being black x

Annie was so much like my Mother!!!!💔

Beautifully Said, May your Mother Rest In Peace.

Ok but to be fair to Sara Jane, Annie really should have left her alone as soon as Sara Jane asked her to. No matter how unfair this feels to a parent, they need to respect the boundaries of their adult children.

@@anarcho-communist11 no. There was nothing fair about that. She was horrible to her mother

Sofang. It was more the poverty and lack of opportunity that SJ hated. She really did love her mother. I think she disliked that her mother put up with it, and she hated how people treated her mother. That's loving her mother. Just because she doesn't want to be like her doesn't mean she didn't love her.

"Succumbed to her ultimate sadness" You have a way with words

That's is right. Because you only get one Mother the love that she had for her daughter wanting the very best for her. Only to be treated lik a nobody.

It's all in the family.

fultzz2010 she was the woman who treated everyone the same no matter rich or poor. She was everyone best friend and church lady.

She was an Eastern Star

I have always imagined that scenario myself… I imagine she opened a school for colored girls named after her mom

@Marco Nava Her character was a black Woman passing as White. The actress Susan Koener was Latino/ Jewish.

I want a sequel as well

@@amanasro The actress was white. The character was mixed. Nothing black about her.

@Amonsaro you should write the script!! I bet You’d make a great movie 🎥 out of it! ❤️

yes

I fully concur.

Amen!

It is😭...oddly enough though, I keep watching it every chance I get😭😭😭

I just done watching it and I agree

Hope she was happy since she got her where she wanted her, essentially she put her in a coffin long before she died.

She should feel guilty. She was awful to her mother.

These children need to wake up from their old hateful hearts God gives you only one birth mom and for those mothers who truly love their children in spite of the way they treat (Mama ) they will reap what they sow

@@sherrystafford36 Some "birth mothers" are not capable of love themselves.

Yes

I feel like this part gets glossed over, but Annie is rich. Annie isn't just the maid, she has essentially ran Lora's life, which has allowed her to succeed as a rich actress. Annie doesn't pay rent or utilities and is paid an above average wage. She has her life structured so that she can attend church and church clubs and since she is rich, she can afford to give a good chunk of her income to them. This and her kind, pious nature means that she is a pillar of the community not just within the black Christian community, but as we see, even within Hollywood, where she's known as the person you need to get in good with if you want access to Lora. All together, Annie is a powerful force, which just makes her death that much more depressing

Her mom went on to be wit jesus.

Yes it is

Steve Price,you weren't alone!

People of color in that time in America had very few options and opportunities to capture the American dream. Living in the north didn't was no more advantageous than the South although you went to integrated schools and never had to go into the back doors of business establishments you were still treated as second class citizen and they still saw you as being "colored" regardless of your educational background and credentials. Even with money, you still couldn't live where you wanted due to the relining in many communities, the real estate offices kept you away from certain neighborhoods.