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Pioneers of African-American cinema

Musser, Charles, (contributor,, commentator.). Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma, 1970- (contributor,, commentator.). DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, (film producer,, contributor,, composer.). Wood, Bret, (film producer,, commentator.). Berry, Torriano, (commentator.). Mashon, Mike, (commentator.). Combs, Rhea L., (contributor.). David, C. N., (film director.). Gant, Harry A., 1881-1967 (film director.). Norman, Richard E., 1891-1961 (film director.). Thompson, True T., (screenwriter.). Williams, Spencer, 1893-1969 (screenwriter,, film director,, actor.). Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 (screenwriter,, film director,, film producer.). Maurice, Richard D., (screenwriter,, film director,, actor.). Gist, James, (screenwriter,, film director.). Gist, Eloyce, 1892-1974 (screenwriter,, film director,, actor.). Calnek, Roy, (film director.). Perugini, Frank, (film director.). Starkman, David,-1947, (screenwriter.). Kahn, Richard C., 1897-1960 (screenwriter,, film director,, film producer.). Bowser, Pearl, 1931- (film director,, director of photography.). Hurston, Zora Neale, (filmmaker.). Preer, Evelyn, (actor.). Edwards, Mattie, 1866-1944 (actor.). Montgomery, Frank, 1870-1944 (actor.). Chenault, Lawrence, 1877- (actor.). Brooks, Clarence, (actor.). Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 (actor.). Gilbert, Mercedes, (actor.). Russell, Julia Theresa, (actor.). Rodgers, Marshall,-1934, (actor.). Alexander, Chester A., (actor.). Cornick, Walter, (actor.). Robinson, Madame, (actor.). Johnson, Lillian, (actor.). Mayo, Stella,active 1923-1924, (actor.). Maxwell, M. C.,active 1920-1925, (actor.). Criner, Lawrence, 1898-1965 (actor.). Boyd, Kathryn (Actress), (actor.). Reynolds, Steve (Actor), (actor.). Gilpin, Charles S. (Charles Sidney), 1878-1930 (actor.). Henderson, Harry, (actor.). McCormack, Pearl, (actor.). Johnstone, Norman, (actor.). Pettus, William E., (actor.). Fields, Sammie, (actor.). Brooks, Eunice, (actor.). Moore, Charles R., 1893-1947 (actor.). Randol, George, (actor.). Comathiere, A. B., (actor.). Mahon, Carl, (actor.). Calloway, Starr, (actor.). Russell, Alice B. (Actress) (actor.). Cato, Minto, 1900-1979 (actor.). Bowman, Laura, 1881-1957 (actor.). Tucker, Lorenzo, (actor.). Newsome, Carman, (actor.). Lewis, Lucille, (actor.). Guy, Barrington, (actor.). Jeffries, Herb, (actor,, performer.). Brooks, Lucius, (actor.). Young, Artie, (actor.). Caviness, Cathryn, (actor.). Riley, Juanita, (actor.). Hardeman, Reather, (actor.). Jones, Jas. B. (James B.), (actor.). Everett, Francine, 1920-1999 (actor,, performer.). Boykin, David (Saxophonist), (actor,, performer.). Heywood, Donald,-1967, (performer.). Moore, Tim, 1887-1958 (performer.). Trible, Andrew, (performer.). Davis, Amon, (performer.). Martin, Sara, 1884-1955 (performer.). Moses, Lucia Lynn, 1908- (actor,, interviewee.). Moses, Ethel, (actor,, interviewee.). Sosin, Donald, (composer.). Roach, Max, 1924-2007 (composer.). Waymon, Sam, (composer.). Heywood, Donald,-1967, (composer.). Porter, Lew, 1892-1956 (composer.). Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Body and soul. (Added Author). Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Conquest. (Added Author). Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Jeff Ballinger's woman. (Added Author). Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ten nights in a bar-room, and what I saw there. (Added Author). Pratt, William W. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ten nights in a bar-room. (Added Author). Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932 Motion picture adaptation of (work): House behind the cedars. (Added Author). Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Rain. (Added Author). Stribling, T. S. (Thomas Sigismund), 1881-1965 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Birthright. (Added Author). Four Tones (Musical group), (performer.). Screen Snapshots, Inc. (Added Author). Amegro Films (Firm), (production company.). Colored Players Film Corporation, (production company.). Dixie Comedies, (production company.). Ebony Film Corp., (production company.). Lincoln Motion Picture Company, (production company.). Micheaux Film Corporation, (production company.). Norman Film Manufacturing Company, (production company.). Norman Studios, (production company.). Torriano Film Productions, (production company.). Kino Lorber, Inc., (film distributor.). Kino Classics (Firm), (film distributor.). Library of Congress. (Added Author). Two knights of vaudeville: Jimmy Marshall, Frank Montgomery, Florence McClain, Bert Murphy. (Cast). A reckless rover: Sam Robinson. (Cast). Within our gates: Evelyn Preer, William Starks, Mattie Edwards, Grant Edwards, E.G. Tatum, Jack Chenault. (Cast). The symbol of the unconquered: Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault. (Cast). By right of birth: Clarence Brooks, Anita Thompson, Webb King. (Cast). Body and soul: Paul Robeson, Mercedes Gilbert, Lawrence Chenault, Julia Theresa Russel, Marshall Rodgers, Chester A. Alexander, Walter Cornick, Madame Robinson, Lillian Johnson, Tom Fletcher. (Cast). Regeneration: Stella Mayo, M.C. Maxwell. (Cast). The flying ace: Laurence Criner, Kathryn Boyd, Steve "Peg" Reynolds, Boise De Legge, George Colvin, Harold Platts. (Cast). Ten nights in a bar room: Charles S. Gilpin, Lawrence Chenault, Harry Henderson, Arline Mickey, Myra Burwell. (Cast). The scar of shame: Harry Henderson, Lucia Lynn Moses, Lawrence Chenault, Pearl McCormack, Norman Johnstone, William E. Pettus, Ann[ie] Kennedy. (Cast). Eleven p.m.: Richard Maurice, Sammie Fields, Orine Johnson, Wanda Maurice. (Cast). Verdict: not guilty: Eloyce Gist. (Cast). The darktown revue: Donald Heywood's Choir, Tim Moore, Andrew Trible, Amon Davis, Sara Martin. (Cast). The exile: Eunice Brooks, Stanley Morrell, Nora Newsome, Charles Moore, George Randol, Katherine Noisette, A.B. Comathiere, Carl Mahon. (Cast). Hot biskits: Thurston Briggs, Spencer Williams. (Cast). The girl from Chicago: Carl Mahon, Star Calloway, Alice B. Russell, Eunice Brooks, Minta Cato, John Everett. (Cast). Ten minutes to live: Lawrence Chenault, Willor Lee Guilford, Lorenzo Tucker, Laura Bowman, Tressie Mitchell, Donald Heywood. (Cast). Veiled aristocrats: Lucille Lewis, Lawrence Chenault, Walter Fleming, Lorenzo Tucker, Laura Bowman, Barrington Guy, Carl Mahon. (Cast). Birthright: Carman Newsome, S.O. (Ethel) Moses, Alec Lovejoy, Hazel Diaz, Trixie Smith. (Cast). The bronze buckaroo: Herb Jeffries, Lucius Brooks, Artie Young, Spencer Williams, Clarence Brooks, The Four Tones. (Cast). The blood of Jesus: Cathryn Caviness, Spencer Williams, Juanita Riley, Reather Hardeman, James B. Jones, Rev. R.L. Robertson and The Heavenly Choir. (Cast). Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.: Francine Everette, Don Wilson, Katherine Moore, Alfred Hawkins, David Boykin, Spencer Williams. (Cast).

Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart from the Hollywood establishment, cultivating visual and narrative styles that were uniquely their own.

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  • Physical Description: videodisc
    5 videodiscs (approximately 1276 min.) : silent and sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2016]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Films originally produced 1915-1946.
Booklet, titled Pioneers of African-American cinema: film notes, includes an introduction by Paul D. Miller (aka D.J. Spooky), and essays by Charles Musser, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Rhea L. Combs, and Mary N. Elliott.
Special features include commentary by Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Charles Musser, Bret Wood, S. Torriano Berry, and Mike Mashon.
Body and soul: Based on the novel by Oscar Micheaux.
Dirty Gerties from Harlem U.S.A.: Based on the story "Miss Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham.
Ten minutes to live: Based on the short stories "The Faker", "The Killer", and "Harlem after midnight" a collection entitled "Harlem after midnight" (author undetermined).
Ten nights in a bar room: Based on the novel by Timothy Shay Arthur and the stage adaptation by William W. Pratt.
The birthright: Based on the novel by Thomas Sigismund Stribling.
The exile: Based on the novel The Conquest by Oscar Micheaux.
The girl from Chicago: Based on the short story "Jeff Ballinger's Woman" by Oscar Micheaux.
Veiled aristocrats: Based on the novel The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1. Two knights of vaudeville (11 min. ; 1915) / produced by the Ebony Film Corporation ; produced by Luther Pollard ; music composed by Donald Sosin ; A reckless rover (14 min. ; 1918) / produced by Luther Pollard ; directed by C.N. David ; produced by Ebony Film Corporation ; Within our gates (79 min. ; 1920) / written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; new musical score composed by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky ; The symbol of the unconquered: a story of the Ku Klux Klan (59 min.; 1920) / written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; music by Max Roach ; By right of birth (fragment) (4 min.; 1921) / directed by Harry A. Gant ; produced by P.H. Updike ; screenplay by Dora Mitchell ; story by George Johnson ; music by Donald Sosin ; Body and soul (93 min.; 1925) / written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; new musical score composed by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky ; Screen snapshots (excerpt) (1 min. ; 1920) -- Disc 2. Regeneration (fragment of reel two) (11 min. ; 1923) / directed by Richard Norman ; produced by the Norman Film Manufacturing Company ; music by Donald Sosin ; The flying ace (65 min. ; 1926) / written, produced and directed by Richard E. Norman ; produced at the Norman Studios ; musical score compiled from historic photoplay music by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra ; Ten nights in a bar room (64 min. ; 1926) / directed by Roy Calnek ; music by Donald Sosin ; Rev. S.S. Jones home movies (excerpts) (16 min. ; 1924-1928) / directed and photographed by Reverend Solomon Sir Jones ; The scar of shame (86 min. ; 1929) / directed by Frank Perugini ; written by David Starkman ; produced by Colored Players Film Corporation ; music composed and performed by Makia Matsumura -- Disc 3. Eleven P.M. (60 min. ; 1928) / written and directed by Richard Maurice ; music composed and performed by Rob Gal ; Hell-bound train (50 min. ; c.1930) / written and directed by James and Eloyce Gist ; music composed and performed by Samuel Waymon ; Verdict: not guilty (8 min. ; c.1933) / written and directed by James and Eloyce Gist ; music composed and performed by Samuel Waymon ; The darktown revue (18 min. ; 1931) / directed by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by Oscar Micheaux and Alice B. Russell ; produced by the Micheaux Film Corporation ; The exile (78 min. ; 1931) / Frank Schiffman presents an Oscar Micheaux production ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by the Micheaux Film Corporation ; music by Donald Heywood ; Hot Biskits (10 min. ; 1931) / written and directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Dixie Comedies -- Disc 4. The girl from Chicago (70 min. ; 1932) / A. Burton Russell presents Oscar Micheaux's production ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by Micheaux Pictures Corp. ; Ten minutes to live (58 min. ; 1932) / written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; Veiled aristocrats (44 min. ; 1932) / written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; Birthright (73 min. ; 1938) / Burton Russell presents an Oscar Micheaux Production ; screenplay by Oscar Micheaux -- Disc 5. The bronze buckaroo (58 min. ; 1939) / written, produced and directed by Richard C. Kahn ; music by Lew Porter ; Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (excerpt: Logging community near Loughman, Florida) (3 min. ; 1928) ; Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (excerpt: Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, South Carolina) (16 min. ; 1940) ; The blood of Jesus (56 min. ; 1941) / written and directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Amegro Films ; Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (60 min. ; 1946) / Alfred N. Sack presents ; directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Bert Goldberg ; screenplay by True T. Thompson ; The Moses sisters interview (33 min. ; c.1978) / directed and photographed by Pearl Bowser.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Credits: Executive producer, Paul D. Miller ; producer, Bret Wood.
Participant or Performer Note: Two knights of vaudeville: Jimmy Marshall, Frank Montgomery, Florence McClain, Bert Murphy.
A reckless rover: Sam Robinson.
Within our gates: Evelyn Preer, William Starks, Mattie Edwards, Grant Edwards, E.G. Tatum, Jack Chenault.
The symbol of the unconquered: Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault.
By right of birth: Clarence Brooks, Anita Thompson, Webb King.
Body and soul: Paul Robeson, Mercedes Gilbert, Lawrence Chenault, Julia Theresa Russel, Marshall Rodgers, Chester A. Alexander, Walter Cornick, Madame Robinson, Lillian Johnson, Tom Fletcher.
Screen snapshots: Oscar Micheaux.
Regeneration: Stella Mayo, M.C. Maxwell.
The flying ace: Laurence Criner, Kathryn Boyd, Steve "Peg" Reynolds, Boise De Legge, George Colvin, Harold Platts.
Ten nights in a bar room: Charles S. Gilpin, Lawrence Chenault, Harry Henderson, Arline Mickey, Myra Burwell.
The scar of shame: Harry Henderson, Lucia Lynn Moses, Lawrence Chenault, Pearl McCormack, Norman Johnstone, William E. Pettus, Ann[ie] Kennedy.
Eleven p.m.: Richard Maurice, Sammie Fields, Orine Johnson, Wanda Maurice.
Verdict: not guilty: Eloyce Gist.
The darktown revue: Donald Heywood's Choir, Tim Moore, Andrew Trible, Amon Davis, Sara Martin.
The exile: Eunice Brooks, Stanley Morrell, Nora Newsome, Charles Moore, George Randol, Katherine Noisette, A.B. Comathiere, Carl Mahon.
Hot biskits: Thurston Briggs, Spencer Williams.
The girl from Chicago: Carl Mahon, Star Calloway, Alice B. Russell, Eunice Brooks, Minta Cato, John Everett.
Ten minutes to live: Lawrence Chenault, Willor Lee Guilford, Lorenzo Tucker, Laura Bowman, Tressie Mitchell, Donald Heywood.
Veiled aristocrats: Lucille Lewis, Lawrence Chenault, Walter Fleming, Lorenzo Tucker, Laura Bowman, Barrington Guy, Carl Mahon.
Birthright: Carman Newsome, S.O. (Ethel) Moses, Alec Lovejoy, Hazel Diaz, Trixie Smith.
The bronze buckaroo: Herb Jeffries, Lucius Brooks, Artie Young, Spencer Williams, Clarence Brooks, The Four Tones.
The blood of Jesus: Cathryn Caviness, Spencer Williams, Juanita Riley, Reather Hardeman, James B. Jones, Rev. R.L. Robertson and The Heavenly Choir.
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.: Francine Everette, Don Wilson, Katherine Moore, Alfred Hawkins, David Boykin, Spencer Williams.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1; screen ratios vary; Dolby digital 2.0.
Language Note:
Sound films are closed-captioned; silent films have English intertitles, some have accompanying music.
Awards Note:
National Film Registry selection, 1991: Blood of Jesus.
National Film Registry selection, 1992: Within our gates.

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