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A collection of nineteen digitally restored feature films, as well as a number of short films, fragments, and documentaries from the 1920s-40s, known as 'race films.'

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Musser, Charles (Curator), Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma, 1970- (Curator)
Corporate Authors:	Four Tones (Musical group) (Performer), Kino Classics (Firm), Library of Congress, Screen Snapshots, Inc
Other Authors:	DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (composer (expression)), Alexander, Chester A. (Actor), Bowman, Laura, 1881-1957 (Actor), Bowser, Pearl, 1931- (director of photography), Boyd, Kathryn (Actress) (Actor), Boykin, David (Saxophonist) (Actor, Performer), Brooks, Clarence (Actor), Brooks, Eunice (Actor), Brooks, Lucius (Actor), Calloway, Starr (Actor), Cato, Minto, 1900-1979 (Actor), Caviness, Cathryn (Actor), Chenault, Lawrence, 1877-1943 (Actor), Comathiere, A. B. (Actor), Cornick, Walter (Actor), Criner, Lawrence, 1898-1965 (Actor), Davis, Amon (Performer), Edwards, Mattie, 1866-1944 (Actor), Everett, Francine, 1920-1999 (Actor, Performer), Fields, Sammie (Actor), Gilbert, Mercedes (Actor), Gilpin, Charles S (Charles Sidney), 1878-1930 (Actor), Gilpin, Charles, Gist, Eloyce, 1892-1974 (Screenwriter, Actor), Gist, James (Screenwriter), Guy, Barrington (Actor), Hardeman, Reather (Actor), Henderson, Harry (Actor), Heywood, Donald, -1967 (composer (expression), Performer), Hurston, Zora Neale, Jeffries, Herb (Actor, Performer), Johnson, Lillian (Actor), Johnstone, Norman (Actor), Jones, Jas. B (James B.) (Actor), Kahn, Richard C., 1897-1960 (Screenwriter), Lewis, Lucille (Actor), Mahon, Carl (Actor), Martin, Sara, 1884-1955 (Performer), Maurice, Richard D (Screenwriter), Maurice, Richard D. (Screenwriter), Maxwell, M. C., active 1920-1925 (Actor), Mayo, Stella, active 1923-1924 (Actor), McCormack, Pearl (Actor), Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 (Screenwriter), Montgomery, Frank, 1870-1944 (Actor), Moore, Charles R., 1893-1947 (Actor), Moore, Tim, 1887-1958 (Performer), Moses, Ethel (Actor), Moses, Lucia Lynn, 1908- (Actor), Newsome, Carman (Actor), Pettus, William E. (Actor), Porter, Lew, 1892-1956 (composer (expression)), Preer, Evelyn (Actor), Randol, George (Actor), Reynolds, Steve (Actor) (Actor), Riley, Juanita (Actor), Roach, Max, 1924-2007 (composer (expression)), Robeson, Paul, Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 (Actor), Robinson, Madame (Actor), Rodgers, Marshall, -1934 (Actor), Russell, Alice B. (Actor), Russell, Julia Theresa (Actor), Sosin, Donald (composer (expression)), Starkman, David, -1947 (Screenwriter), Starkman, David, 1885-1947 (Screenwriter), Thompson, True T (Screenwriter), Thompson, True T. (Screenwriter), Trible, Andrew (Performer), Tucker, Lorenzo (Actor), Waymon, Sam (composer (expression)), Williams, Spencer, Williams, Spencer, 1893-1969 (Screenwriter), Wood, Bret (Compiler), Young, Artie (Actor), Arthur, T. S (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885, Chesnutt, Charles W (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932, Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965, Pratt, William W, Stribling, T. S (Thomas Sigismund), 1881-1965
Format:	Unknown
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2016] [United States] : 2016
Subjects:	African Americans in motion pictures African Americans > Drama Motion picture producers and directors > United States African Americans DVD-Video discs Feature films Race films Short films Silent films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama Fiction films Video recordings
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Summary:	A collection of nineteen digitally restored feature films, as well as a number of short films, fragments, and documentaries from the 1920s-40s, known as 'race films.' 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
Item Description:	07/26/2016 Accompanying booklet includes essays by Charles Musser, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Rhea L. Combs, and Mary N. Elliott Blu-ray release of films originally produced 1915-1946 Body and soul: Based on the novel by Oscar Micheaux Booklet includes essays by Charles Musser, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Rhea L. Combs, and Mary N. Elliott DVD release of films originally produced 1915-1946 Dirty Gerties from Harlem U.S.A.: Based on the story "Miss Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham Special features: Disc 1. An introduction ; The films of Oscar Micheaux -- Disc 2. The color line ; Ten nights in a bar room : an introduction ; About the restoration -- Disc 3. Religion in early African-American cinema ; Eleven P.M. : an introduction ; Interview with S. Torriano Berry -- Disc 4. Veiled aristocrats [Theatrical trailer] ; Birthright [Theatrical trailer] ; We work again [Blu-ray edition only] -- Disc 5. Tyler Texas black film collection [Promotional film] ; The films of Zora Neale Hurston ; The films of Spencer Williams ; The end of an era -- Booklet: Film form/film function / Paul D. Miller ; Race cinema and the color line / Charles Musser ; Race movies : a patchwork history / Jacqueline Najuma Stewart ; A special discovery : Pearl Bowser and the Moses sisters / Rhea L. Combs ; Reverend Solomon Sir Jones : capturing progress in black Oklahoma, 1924-28 / Mary N. Elliott ; Special thanks ; Filmography ; Suggested reading Special features: Pioneers of African-American cinema : an introduction ; The films of Oscar Micheaux 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
Physical Description:	5 videodiscs (approx. 1227 min.) : silent and sound, black and white and color tinted : 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) 5 videodiscs (approx. 1227 min.) : silent and sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) 5 videodiscs (approximately 1227 min.) : silent and sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) 5 videodiscs (approximately 1227 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Playing Time:	00:00:11 00:00:12 00:00:14 00:01:19 00:00:59 00:00:04 00:01:33 00:00:01 00:00:11 00:01:05 00:01:04 00:00:16 00:01:26 00:01:00 00:00:50 00:00:08 00:00:15 00:00:18 00:01:18 00:00:10 00:01:10 00:00:58 00:00:44 00:01:13 00:00:58 00:00:56 00:01:00 00:00:33
Format:	Blu-ray, region A DVD DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation DVD, NTSC, region 1
Production Credits:	Director, Oscar Micheaux, Spencer Williams, Richard E. Norman, James Gist, Eloyce Gist, Richard C. Kahn
Bibliography:	Booklet includes bibliographical references (pages 74-75)