The African American cinema I, Oscar Micheaux's Within our gates (1919)
The earliest surviving feature directed by an African-American, Within our gates tells the story of a young African-American woman who seeks a Northern white patron for a Southern school for Black children. The scenes of lynching and attempted White-on-Black rape may be a response to D.W. Griffith...
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Format: | Unknown |
Language: | English Spanish |
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NYC :
Unapix Entertainment, Inc.,
c1995
New York : Unapix Consumer Products, c1995 |
Series: | The Library of Congress video collection ;
1 The Library of Congress video collection ; v. 1 |
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