Oscar Micheaux Movies

  • 1920
    Within Our Gates

    Within Our Gates

    Within Our Gates

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    Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished...

    Within Our Gates
  • 2021
    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

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    A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.

    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
  • 1931
    The Exile

    The Exile

    The Exile

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    An idealistic young man is torn between a sultry Chicago nightclub owner and a Scottish South Dakotan farmgirl.

    The Exile
  • 1929
    Wages of Sin

    Wages of Sin

    Wages of Sin

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    Film producer Winston L. Jaune gives his brother J. Lee a job in his company. J. Lee promptly steals company funds, spends lavishly in cabarets, at...

    Wages of Sin
  • 1935
    Murder In Harlem

    Murder In Harlem

    Murder In Harlem

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    A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.

    Murder In Harlem
  • 1920
    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)

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    An episode of the Screen Snapshots newsreels, showing seven segments of filmmakers behind the scenes. Featuring Oscar Micheaux,Colleen Moore, Ormer...

    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
  • 1931
    The Darktown Revue

    The Darktown Revue

    The Darktown Revue

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    With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the...

    The Darktown Revue
  • 1923
    Deceit

    Deceit

    Deceit

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    Deceit (sometimes referred to as The Deceit) is a 1923 American silent black-and-white film. It is a conventional melodrama directed by Oscar...

    Deceit
  • 1925
    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

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    A convict escapes to a Southern town and passes himself off as a reverend, giving him the perfect cover to swindle the townspeople and corrupt an...

    Body and Soul
  • 1938
    Birthright

    Birthright

    Birthright

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    After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

    Birthright
  • 1937
    Underworld

    Underworld

    Underworld

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    A young Southern college student falls for the charms of a female nightclub owner while on summer break in Chicago - and soon enough meets her club...

    Underworld
  • 1932
    The Girl from Chicago

    The Girl from Chicago

    The Girl from Chicago

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    An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime...

    The Girl from Chicago
  • 1932
    Ten Minutes to Live

    Ten Minutes to Live

    Ten Minutes to Live

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    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....

    Ten Minutes to Live
  • 1940
    The Notorious Elinor Lee

    The Notorious Elinor Lee

    The Notorious Elinor Lee

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    Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.

    The Notorious Elinor Lee
  • 1939
    Lying Lips

    Lying Lips

    Lying Lips

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    A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt.

    Lying Lips
  • 1921
    The Hypocrite

    The Hypocrite

    The Hypocrite

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    Deceit (sometimes referred to as The Deceit) is a 1923 American silent black-and-white film. It is a conventional melodrama directed by Oscar...

    The Hypocrite
  • 1938
    God's Step Children

    God's Step Children

    God's Step Children

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    Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness...

    God's Step Children
  • 1938
    Swing!

    Swing!

    Swing!

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    Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer.

    Swing!
  • 1920
    The Symbol of the Unconquered

    The Symbol of the Unconquered

    The Symbol of the Unconquered

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    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...

    The Symbol of the Unconquered
  • 1924
    A Son of Satan

    A Son of Satan

    A Son of Satan

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    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...

    A Son of Satan