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As the titular character
in this drama, Claudine fought the welfare system and the streets of Chicago
for the souls of her children. And she won, in that her kids
were still alive at the end. For her efforts, Carroll got
a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Claudine also benefited
from being one of the five scores that Curtis Mayfield wrote. It was a song cycle
in which all the songs came from the perspectives of the characters,
sung by Gladys Knight & the Pips. Including one that, in the song, precisely outlined a centuries-old fear
faced by people of color. ♪ To be invisible ♪ ♪ Will be my claim to fame ♪ ♪ A girl with no name ♪ I actually was cast in Claudine when Diana Sands
was cast to play Claudine. And then she passed away
in this drama, Claudine fought the welfare system and the streets of Chicago
for the souls of her children. And she won, in that her kids
were still alive at the end. For her efforts, Carroll got
a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Claudine also benefited
from being one of the five scores that Curtis Mayfield wrote. It was a song cycle
in which all the songs came from the perspectives of the characters,
sung by Gladys Knight & the Pips. Including one that, in the song, precisely outlined a centuries-old fear
faced by people of color. ♪ To be invisible ♪ ♪ Will be my claim to fame ♪ ♪ A girl with no name ♪ I actually was cast in Claudine when Diana Sands
was cast to play Claudine. And then she passed away
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As the titular character
in this drama,
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Claudine fought the welfare system
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and the streets of Chicago
for the souls of her children.
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And she won, in that her kids
were still alive at the end.
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For her efforts, Carroll got
a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
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Claudine also benefited
from being one of the five scores
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that Curtis Mayfield wrote.
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It was a song cycle
in which all the songs came
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from the perspectives of the characters,
sung by Gladys Knight & the Pips.
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Including one that, in the song,
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precisely outlined a centuries-old fear
faced by people of color.
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♪ To be invisible ♪
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♪ Will be my claim to fame ♪
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♪ A girl with no name ♪
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I actually was cast in Claudine
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when Diana Sands
was cast to play Claudine.
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And then she passed away.
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
