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Within Our Gates is a 1920 American silent race drama film produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux. The film portrays the contemporary racial situation in the United States during the early twentieth century, the years of Jim Crow , the revival of the Ku Klux Klan , the Great Migration of blacks to cities of the North and Midwest, and ...
Racism in early American film is the negative depiction of racial groups, racial stereotypes, and racist ideals in classical Hollywood cinema from the 1910s to the 1960s. [ 1 ] From its inception, Hollywood has largely been dominated by white male filmmakers and producers, catering to a predominantly white audience. [ 2 ]
In the early days of cinema, African-American roles were scarce and often filled with stereotypes. Pioneers like Oscar Micheaux, one of the first significant African-American filmmakers, countered these narratives with films like The Homesteader (1919) and Body and Soul (1925), which were part of the "race film" genre and tackled issues such as racial violence, economic oppression, and ...
A website for Sisters in Cinema Documentary: A History of African American Women Feature Film Directors; Black Film Archive: A showcase for Black films made from 1915 to 1979; Columbia University on Women Film Pioneer Project: African-American Women in the Silent Film Industry; The Atlantic on When Hollywood's Power Players Were Women
A research team at the University of Washington published a map that marked over 2,300 properties in Kitsap County that had racial restrictions between the 1920s to 1940s.
The race film or race movie was a genre of film produced in the United States between about 1915 and the early 1950s, consisting of films produced for black audiences, and featuring black casts. Approximately five hundred race films were produced.
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