I actually had the opportunity to view this movie with the son and mother who are portrayed in the film. A group of us watched the movie then discussed it with the family. The father had already passed away. It was very interesting because they were light-skinned but they did not actually look white to me. I am a very lighted-skinned black person mistaken for white all the time so I can see how this could have happened, how people might have assumed they were some sort of ethnic mix or something, although they looked like light skinned black people to me. I have relatives who passed for white during this same time period so it's not really that surprising a story in that respect, just something that happened. I often wonder how my now "white" cousins are doing. I've heard estimates that 10-25% of southern whites actually have some black ancestry. The son did not even know he was a "Negro" until his dad was "outed" when he tried to enlist in the military.
Review of Lost Boundaries
