Screenwriter:

Micheaux, Oscar 1884-1951  Search this

Composer expression:

Carli, Philip  Search this

Actor:

Preer, Evelyn  Search this

Clements, Flo  Search this

Ruffin, James D  Search this

Chenault, Jack  Search this

Smith, William (Actor)  Search this

Lucas, Charles D  Search this

Production company:

Micheaux Film Corporation  Search this

Physical description:

1 videodisc (77 min.) DVD video, sound, black and white 4 3/4 in

Type:

Drama

Fiction films

Feature films

Silent films

Place:

Southern States

United States

Date:

2012

1920

20th century

Notes:

Title from title frame

Originally produced as motion picture in 1920

Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin, Jack Chenault, William Smith, Charles D. Lucas

DVD; region 1, NTSC; mono

Summary:

Created as a response to The Birth of a Nation which depicted southern whites in need of the Ku Klux Klan to protect them from blood thirsty blacks, Micheaux shows the reality of Dixie racism in 1920, where a black man could be lynched for being in the wrong place at the wrong time

Topic:

African Americans in motion pictures  Search this

African Americans  Search this

African American teachers  Search this

Racism  Search this

Teachers  Search this

Call number:

video 001710

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1109376