| Description |
1 DVD (77 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin, Jack Chenault. |
| Note |
Originally released as motion picture in 1919. |
| 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. |
| Language |
Silent film with intertitles in English and music. |
| Subject |
African Americans in motion pictures.
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African Americans in motion pictures. |
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African Americans -- Drama.
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African Americans. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Silent films.
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Silent films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
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Preer, Evelyn.
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Clements, Flo.
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Ruffin, James D.
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Chenault, Jack.
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Micheaux Film Corporation.
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| Music No. |
ALP6713D Alpha Video |
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