Imitation of Life put in a recent guest appearance in the opening scene of Operation Finale, which is about the capture of Adolph Eichmann. Susan Kohner's son, Chris Weitz, directed Operation Finale. Using a clip from his mom's biggest picture was a nice tribute; the clip also fits thematically, so much so that it seemed like a bit of rather heavy handed, artificial staging until I learned about the family connection. When a director is tossing a bouquet to his mom from a film she did before he was born, I'm willing to overlook a bit of insider gameplaying.
Operation Finale begins with a prologue involving a blown Mossad operation in which the wrong Nazi was assassinated. (This is an important character point going forward.) Then the credits roll. The Susan Kohner scene appears immediately after the credits, as the main body of the film begins.
That was very nice of him to honor his mother in that way.