Borderline

A ground-breaking film for its treatment of race and sexuality, directed by the editor of the modernist art film journal Close Up (1927-33). Borderline stars the black American singer Paul Robeson and his wife Eslanda Robeson, as well as the poet H.D. and director Macpherson's wife, writer Winifred Bryher.
The narrative is relatively simple, depicting an inter-racial love triangle in a bohemian setting, but the attempts to portray the inner psychological states of its protagonists, using a technique that H.D. referred to as 'clatter-montage', in which rapid montage combinations create an effect close to superimposition, make it thoroughly complex. The racial issues are boldly set out: The unsettling presence of the unassuming black man seems to ignite an intense series of responses. Ultimately, he is black, and will be forced out of town on suspicion of a murder committed by his white friend, who will remain above suspicion.