Lawrence Chenault Movies

The brute is a gambler, boxing manager and underworld boss who mistreats a young woman. She is forced into marriage with him for money after her...

Rena is a young woman of mixed race. Although she is romantically pursued by an upwardly mobile African American named Frank, Rena does not decide in...

Screenplay adapted from Charles Chestnutt's novel.

A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her. She knows, but accepts anyway....

Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father. She makes the acquaintance of her neighbor, a...

Gangsters in Harlem make plans to commit a kidnapping.

A young black Harvard graduate fights against a variety of obstacles, including racist opposition, in order to build a school for black children....

A young woman plans to marry, but her mother and brother--a lawyer--don't like her prospective husband and scheme to prevent the marriage.

When Arthur Gilpin, a black night watchman, finds young Myrtle Gunsaulus mysteriously murdered in the basement of a factory, he is charged with the...

A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and...

Aileen Kennibrew, a charming and beautiful girl calls on one Richard Ellis, a motion picture producer, who is impressed by her modesty, refined...

An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.

A man pursues the vice lord who killed his daughter, but his journey leads to self-discovery and the desire for a better life.

A Son of Satan is a 1924 silent race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux. The film follows the misadventures of a man...

The story deals with a young man who is sent to prison on the evidence of one whom he thought was his friend. The hero is ostracized by the townfolk...

Nelson Holmes, a black man posing as a white man, had advanced from office boy to general manager.

A young college educated black man meets a girl of Asian descent and falls in love with her. Their love story was caught up with events burdened up...

The role of African Americans in the recovery years of the Great Depression is the subject of this informational short, which offers an idealized...

The story deals with a man whose fidelity and loyalty are rewarded by his being thrown into prison for the crime of another.

To rid the range of a gang of outlaws that are rustling cattle and robbing the banks and stagecoaches, cowhand Bob Calem, working on the...