Sapphire (1959)

Basil Dearden · 92 min · Letterboxd ↗

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.

Sapphire screens 2 times at BFI Southbank between Tuesday 20 October and Saturday 7 November.