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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: / m ɪ ˈ ʃ oʊ / ⓘ; (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films.. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, [1] Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent ...
The Homesteader (1919) is a lost [1] black-and-white silent film by African-American author and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. The film is based on his novel inspired by his experiences. The film is based on his novel inspired by his experiences.
The Symbol of the Unconquered (also known as The Wilderness Trail) is a 1920 silent "race film" drama produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux. Premiering only a few years after The Birth of a Nation , the film was advertised for its negative depiction of the Ku Klux Klan . [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Films directed by Oscar Micheaux" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
A Daughter of the Congo was the last silent film created by Oscar Micheaux, one of the most prominent African-American filmmakers of the race film genre. Since silent films were considered to have little commercial value in 1930, Micheaux released the film as a “talking, singing, dancing picture” – although it only contained a single short sound sequence that included a performance of ...
Lying Lips is a 1939 American melodrama race film written and directed by Oscar Micheaux who co-produced the film with aviator Hubert Fauntlenroy Julian, starring Edna Mae Harris, and Robert Earl Jones (the father of James Earl Jones). Lying Lips was the thirty-seventh film of Micheaux. [1] The film was shot at the Biograph Studios in New York ...
Oscar Micheaux: 1920 73 min. Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the KKK: Oscar Micheaux 1920 59 min. Max Roach By Right of Birth: Lincoln Motion Picture Co. 1921 4 min. Donald Sosin Body and Soul: Oscar Micheaux 1925 93 min. Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) Screen Snapshots: Micheaux footage 1920 1 minute
Within Our Gates is a 1920 American silent race drama film produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux. The film portrays the contemporary racial situation in the United States during the early twentieth century, the years of Jim Crow , the revival of the Ku Klux Klan , the Great Migration of blacks to cities of the North and Midwest, and ...