Pioneers of African-American Cinema (DVD)

Collection of films from pioneers of African-American cinema such as Oscar Micheaux, Spencer Williams and Zora Neale Hurston. The collection includes: 'Two Knights of Vaudeville' (1915), 'A Reckless Rover' (1918), 'Within Our Gates' (1920), 'The Symbol of the Unconquered - A Story of the KKK' (1920), 'By Right of Birth' (1921), 'Body and Soul' (1925), 'Screen Snapshots' (1920), 'Regeneration' (1923), 'The Flying Ace' (1926), 'Ten Nights in a Barroom' (1926), 'Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies' (2016), 'The Scar of Shame ' (1927), 'Eleven P.M.' (1928), 'Hellbound Train' (1930), 'The Darktown Revue' (1931), 'The Exile' (1931), 'The Girl from Chicago' (1932), 'Ten Minutes to Live' (1932), 'Veiled Aristocrats' (1932), 'Birthright' (1939), 'The Bronze Buckaroo' (1939), 'Zora Neale Hurston Fieldwork Footage' (1928), 'Commandent Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940' (1940), 'The Blood of Jesus' (1941), 'Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.' (1946) and 'Moses Sisters Interview Pearl Bowser' (1978).

General

Studio:	BFI Pub
Release date:	October 2016
Movie released:	2016
Actors:	Jimmy Marshall • Sam Robinson • Evelyn Preer • Iris Hall • Paul Robeson • Stella Mayo • Laurence Criner • Richard Maurice • Grace Smith • Carl Mahon • Herb Jeffries • Francine Everett
Contributors:	J. Luther Pollard • C.C. Fetty • Oscar Micheaux • Philip Carli • George Johnson • Dora Mitchell • P.H. Updike • Harry A. Grant • Richard E. Norman • David Starkman • Richard Maurice • James Gist • Eloyce Gist • Alice B. Russell • Lester Lang • Walter Strenge • Frank Schiffman • Donald Heywood • Samuel Orleans • Robert J. Marshall • Richard C. Kahn • Lew Porter • Roland Price • Clark Ramsey • Spencer Williams • Jack Whitman • True T. Thompson • Bert Goldberg • John L Herman • Pearl Bowser • Moses Sisters
Directors:	Oscar Micheaux • Spencer Williams • C N. David • Harry A. Grant • Richard E. Norman • Solomon Sir Jones • Frank Peregini • Richard Maurice • James Gist • Leonard Harper • Richard C. Kahn • Zora Neale Hurston
Format:
Disks:	5
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Video format:	Standard 4:3 (1.33:1)
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	12
Categories:	DVD > Classics DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	XCE-F6F-YLE-4
Barcode:	5035673020920

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