Pioneers of African-American cinema [videorecording]
2016
Videos and DVDs
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).
Main title:
Pioneers of African-American cinema [videorecording] / producer, J. Luther Pollard; producer, Oscar Micheaux; producer, P.H. Updike; producer, Richard E. Norman; producer, Richard Maurice; producer, Alice B. Russell; producer, Frank Schiffman; producer, Richard C. Kahn; producer, Bert Goldberg.
Author:
Micheaux, Oscar, directorWilliams, Spencer, directorDavid, C.N., directorGrant, Harry A., directorNorman, Richard E., directorJones, Solomon Sir, directorPeregini, Frank, directorMaurice, Richard, directorGist, James, directorHarper, Leonard, directorKahn, Richard C., directorHurston, Zora Neale, directorCarli, Philip, composer (expression)Heywood, Donald, composer (expression)Porter, Lew, composer (expression)Marshall, Jimmy, actorRobinson, Sam, actorPreer, Evelyn, actor
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : BFI, 2016.
Collation:
5 DVDs (952 min.) : silent, black and white
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 5 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Booklet.Made in 2016.DVDN.
Credits:
Credits: director, Oscar Micheaux; director, Spencer Williams; director, C.N. David; director, Harry A. Grant; director, Richard E. Norman; director, Solomon Sir Jones; director, Frank Peregini; director, Richard Maurice; director, James Gist; director, Leonard Harper; director, Richard C. Kahn; director, Zora Neale Hurston; writer, Oscar Micheaux; writer, George Johnson; writer, Dora Mitchell; writer, Richard E. Norman; writer, David Starkman; writer, Richard Maurice; writer, James Gist; writer, Eloyce Gist; writer, Richard C. Kahn; writer, Spencer Williams; writer, True T. Thompson; music, Philip Carli; music, Donald Heywood; music, Lew Porter; cinematographer, C.C. Fetty; cinematographer, Harry A. Grant; cinematographer, Lester Lang; cinematographer, Walter Strenge; cinematographer, Samuel Orleans; cinematographer, Robert J. Marshall; cinematographer, Roland Price; cinematographer, Clark Ramsey; cinematographer, Jack Whitman; cinematographer, John L. Herman; subject, Pearl Bowser; subject, Moses Sisters.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Jimmy Marshall, Sam Robinson, Evelyn Preer, Iris Hall, Paul Robeson, Stella Mayo, Laurence Criner, Richard Maurice, Grace Smith, Carl Mahon, Herb Jeffries, Francine Everett.
Audience:
BBFC code: 12.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
BRN:
2507837
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