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Summary: 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

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New York, NY, Kino Classics, 2016

Extent: 5 videodiscs (approx. 1276 min.)

Note

Films originally produced 1915-1946
Booklet, titled Pioneers of African-American cinema: film notes, includes an introduction by Paul D. Miller (aka D.J. Spooky), and essays by Charles Musser, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Rhea L. Combs, and Mary N. Elliott
Special features include commentary by Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Charles Musser, Bret Wood, S. Torriano Berry, and Mike Mashon; Pioneers of African-American cinema : an introduction; The films of Oscar Micheaux; The color line; Ten nights in a barroom : an introduction; Religion in early African-American cinema; Eleven P.M. : an introduction; S. Torriano Berry discusses the works of James and Eloyce Gist; Veiled aristocrats (Original trailer); Birthright (Theatrical trailer); The Tyler-Texas Black Film Collection : the missing link in black cinema; The films of Zora Neale Hurston; The films of Spencer Williams; The end of an era

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(79 min. ; 1920)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux
The symbol of the unconquered: a story of the Ku Klux Klan
(59 min.; 1920)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux
By right of birth
(fragment) (4 min.; 1921)
directed by Harry A. Gant ; produced by P.H. Updike ; screenplay by Dora Mitchell ; story by George Johnson
Body and soul
(93 min.; 1925)
Disc 1.
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the novel by Oscar Micheaux
Screen snapshots
(excerpt) (1 min. ; 1920)
Disc 2.
Regeneration
(fragment of reel two) (11 min. ; 1923)
directed by Richard Norman ; produced by the Norman Film Manufacturing Company
The flying ace
(65 min. ; 1926)
written, produced and directed by Richard E. Norman ; produced at the Norman Studios
Two knights of vaudeville
Ten nights in a bar room
(64 min. ; 1926)
based on the novel by Timothy Shay Arthur and the stage adaptation by William W. Pratt ; directed by Roy Calnek
Rev. S. S. Jones home movies
(excerpts) (16 min. ; 1924-1928)
directed and photographed by Reverend Solomon Sir Jones
The scar of shame
(86 min. ; 1929)
directed by Frank Perugini ; written by David Starkman ; produced by Colored Players Film Corporation
Disc 3.
(11 min. ; 1915)
Eleven P.M.
(60 min. ; 1928)
written and directed by Richard Maurice
Hell-bound train
(50 min. ; c.1930)
written and directed by James and Eloyce Gist
Verdict: not guilty
(8 min. ; c.1933)
written and directed by James and Eloyce Gist
The darktown revue
produced by the Ebony Film Corporation ; produced by Luther Pollard
(18 min. ; 1931)
directed by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by Oscar Micheaux and Alice B. Russell ; produced by the Micheaux Film Corporation
The exile
(78 min. ; 1931)
Frank Schiffman presents an Oscar Micheaux production ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the novel The conquest by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by the Micheaux Film Corporation
Hot Biskits
(10 min. ; 1931)
written and directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Dixie Comedies
Disc 4.
The girl from Chicago
A reckless rover
(70 min. ; 1932)
A. Burton Russell presents Oscar Micheaux's production ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the short story Jeff Ballinger's woman by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by Micheaux Pictures Corp.
Ten minutes to live
(58 min. ; 1932)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux
Veiled aristocrats
(44 min. ; 1932)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the novel The house behind the cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt
Birthright
(73 min. ; 1938)
(14 min. ; 1918)
Burton Russell presents an Oscar Micheaux Production ; screenplay by Oscar Micheaux, based on the novel by Thomas Sigismund Stribling
Disc 5.
The bronze buckaroo
(58 min. ; 1939)
written, produced and directed by Richard C. Kahn
Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (excerpt: Logging community near Loughman, Florida) (3 min. ; 1928)
Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (excerpt: Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, South Carolina) (16 min. ; 1940)
The blood of Jesus
(56 min. ; 1941)
written and directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Amegro Films
produced by Luther Pollard ; directed by C.N. David ; produced by Ebony Film Corporation
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
(60 min. ; 1946)
Alfred N. Sack presents ; directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Bert Goldberg ; screenplay by True T. Thompson, based on "Miss Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham
The Moses sisters interview
(33 min. ; c.1978)
directed and photographed by Pearl Bowser
Within our gates

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Label: Pioneers of African-American cinema

Title: Pioneers of African-American cinema

Statement of responsibility: Kino Classics ; Library of Congress ; curated by Charles Musser and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart ; executive producer, Paul D. Miller ; producer, Bret Wood

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Bowser, Pearl, 1931-

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Summary: 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

Cataloging source: WTU

Characteristic: videorecording

Dewey number: 791.43/75

Language note: Sound films are closed-captioned; silent films have English intertitles, some have accompanying music

LC call number: PN1995.9.N4

LC item number: P56 2016

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1970-
1881-1967
1869-1936
1891-1961
1893-1969
1884-1951
1892-1974
1897-1960
1931-
1884-1951
1884-1951
1884-1951
1809-1885
1858-1932
1874-1965
1881-1965

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Musser, Charles
Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma
David, C. N.
Gant, Harry A.
Jones, S. S.
Norman, Richard E.
Thompson, True T.
Williams, Spencer
Micheaux, Oscar
Maurice, Richard D.
Gist, James
Gist, Eloyce
Calnek, Roy
Perugini, Frank
Kahn, Richard C.
Bowser, Pearl
Hurston, Zora Neale
Micheaux, Oscar
Micheaux, Oscar
Micheaux, Oscar
Arthur, T. S.
Pratt, William W
Chesnutt, Charles W.
Maugham, W. Somerset
Stribling, T. S.

Runtime: 0

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African Americans in motion pictures
African American motion picture producers and directors

Technique: live action

Label: Pioneers of African-American cinema, Kino Classics ; Library of Congress ; curated by Charles Musser and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart ; executive producer, Paul D. Miller ; producer, Bret Wood

Instantiates

Pioneers of African-American cinema

Publication

New York, NY, Kino Classics, 2016

Distribution

Note

Films originally produced 1915-1946
Booklet, titled Pioneers of African-American cinema: film notes, includes an introduction by Paul D. Miller (aka D.J. Spooky), and essays by Charles Musser, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Rhea L. Combs, and Mary N. Elliott
Special features include commentary by Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Charles Musser, Bret Wood, S. Torriano Berry, and Mike Mashon; Pioneers of African-American cinema : an introduction; The films of Oscar Micheaux; The color line; Ten nights in a barroom : an introduction; Religion in early African-American cinema; Eleven P.M. : an introduction; S. Torriano Berry discusses the works of James and Eloyce Gist; Veiled aristocrats (Original trailer); Birthright (Theatrical trailer); The Tyler-Texas Black Film Collection : the missing link in black cinema; The films of Zora Neale Hurston; The films of Spencer Williams; The end of an era

Accompanying material: 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)

Carrier category: videodisc

Carrier category code

Carrier MARC source: rdacarrier

Color: mixed

Configuration of playback channels: stereophonic

Content category: two-dimensional moving image

Content type code

Content type MARC source: rdacontent

Contents

(79 min. ; 1920)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux
The symbol of the unconquered: a story of the Ku Klux Klan
(59 min.; 1920)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux
By right of birth
(fragment) (4 min.; 1921)
directed by Harry A. Gant ; produced by P.H. Updike ; screenplay by Dora Mitchell ; story by George Johnson
Body and soul
(93 min.; 1925)
Disc 1.
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the novel by Oscar Micheaux
Screen snapshots
(excerpt) (1 min. ; 1920)
Disc 2.
Regeneration
(fragment of reel two) (11 min. ; 1923)
directed by Richard Norman ; produced by the Norman Film Manufacturing Company
The flying ace
(65 min. ; 1926)
written, produced and directed by Richard E. Norman ; produced at the Norman Studios
Two knights of vaudeville
Ten nights in a bar room
(64 min. ; 1926)
based on the novel by Timothy Shay Arthur and the stage adaptation by William W. Pratt ; directed by Roy Calnek
Rev. S. S. Jones home movies
(excerpts) (16 min. ; 1924-1928)
directed and photographed by Reverend Solomon Sir Jones
The scar of shame
(86 min. ; 1929)
directed by Frank Perugini ; written by David Starkman ; produced by Colored Players Film Corporation
Disc 3.
(11 min. ; 1915)
Eleven P.M.
(60 min. ; 1928)
written and directed by Richard Maurice
Hell-bound train
(50 min. ; c.1930)
written and directed by James and Eloyce Gist
Verdict: not guilty
(8 min. ; c.1933)
written and directed by James and Eloyce Gist
The darktown revue
produced by the Ebony Film Corporation ; produced by Luther Pollard
(18 min. ; 1931)
directed by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by Oscar Micheaux and Alice B. Russell ; produced by the Micheaux Film Corporation
The exile
(78 min. ; 1931)
Frank Schiffman presents an Oscar Micheaux production ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the novel The conquest by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by the Micheaux Film Corporation
Hot Biskits
(10 min. ; 1931)
written and directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Dixie Comedies
Disc 4.
The girl from Chicago
A reckless rover
(70 min. ; 1932)
A. Burton Russell presents Oscar Micheaux's production ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the short story Jeff Ballinger's woman by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by Micheaux Pictures Corp.
Ten minutes to live
(58 min. ; 1932)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux
Veiled aristocrats
(44 min. ; 1932)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the novel The house behind the cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt
Birthright
(73 min. ; 1938)
(14 min. ; 1918)
Burton Russell presents an Oscar Micheaux Production ; screenplay by Oscar Micheaux, based on the novel by Thomas Sigismund Stribling
Disc 5.
The bronze buckaroo
(58 min. ; 1939)
written, produced and directed by Richard C. Kahn
Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (excerpt: Logging community near Loughman, Florida) (3 min. ; 1928)
Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (excerpt: Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, South Carolina) (16 min. ; 1940)
The blood of Jesus
(56 min. ; 1941)
written and directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Amegro Films
produced by Luther Pollard ; directed by C.N. David ; produced by Ebony Film Corporation
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
(60 min. ; 1946)
Alfred N. Sack presents ; directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Bert Goldberg ; screenplay by True T. Thompson, based on "Miss Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham
The Moses sisters interview
(33 min. ; c.1978)
directed and photographed by Pearl Bowser
Within our gates

Dimensions: 4 3/4 in. +

Dimensions: other

Extent: 5 videodiscs (approx. 1276 min.)

Media category: video

Media MARC source: rdamedia

Media type code

Medium for sound: videodisc

Note: Set includes: 5 DVDs, 1 book.

Other control number: 738329206000

Other physical details: silent and sound, black and white and color tinted :

Publisher number: K20600

Sound on medium or separate: sound on medium

Specific material designation: videodisc

System control number

ocn953269471
(OCoLC)953269471

System details: DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital 2.0

Video recording format: DVD

Label: Pioneers of African-American cinema, Kino Classics ; Library of Congress ; curated by Charles Musser and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart ; executive producer, Paul D. Miller ; producer, Bret Wood

Publication

New York, NY, Kino Classics, 2016

Distribution

Note

Films originally produced 1915-1946
Booklet, titled Pioneers of African-American cinema: film notes, includes an introduction by Paul D. Miller (aka D.J. Spooky), and essays by Charles Musser, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Rhea L. Combs, and Mary N. Elliott
Special features include commentary by Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Charles Musser, Bret Wood, S. Torriano Berry, and Mike Mashon; Pioneers of African-American cinema : an introduction; The films of Oscar Micheaux; The color line; Ten nights in a barroom : an introduction; Religion in early African-American cinema; Eleven P.M. : an introduction; S. Torriano Berry discusses the works of James and Eloyce Gist; Veiled aristocrats (Original trailer); Birthright (Theatrical trailer); The Tyler-Texas Black Film Collection : the missing link in black cinema; The films of Zora Neale Hurston; The films of Spencer Williams; The end of an era

Accompanying material: 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)

Carrier category: videodisc

Carrier category code

Carrier MARC source: rdacarrier

Color: mixed

Configuration of playback channels: stereophonic

Content category: two-dimensional moving image

Content type code

Content type MARC source: rdacontent

Contents

(79 min. ; 1920)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux
The symbol of the unconquered: a story of the Ku Klux Klan
(59 min.; 1920)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux
By right of birth
(fragment) (4 min.; 1921)
directed by Harry A. Gant ; produced by P.H. Updike ; screenplay by Dora Mitchell ; story by George Johnson
Body and soul
(93 min.; 1925)
Disc 1.
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the novel by Oscar Micheaux
Screen snapshots
(excerpt) (1 min. ; 1920)
Disc 2.
Regeneration
(fragment of reel two) (11 min. ; 1923)
directed by Richard Norman ; produced by the Norman Film Manufacturing Company
The flying ace
(65 min. ; 1926)
written, produced and directed by Richard E. Norman ; produced at the Norman Studios
Two knights of vaudeville
Ten nights in a bar room
(64 min. ; 1926)
based on the novel by Timothy Shay Arthur and the stage adaptation by William W. Pratt ; directed by Roy Calnek
Rev. S. S. Jones home movies
(excerpts) (16 min. ; 1924-1928)
directed and photographed by Reverend Solomon Sir Jones
The scar of shame
(86 min. ; 1929)
directed by Frank Perugini ; written by David Starkman ; produced by Colored Players Film Corporation
Disc 3.
(11 min. ; 1915)
Eleven P.M.
(60 min. ; 1928)
written and directed by Richard Maurice
Hell-bound train
(50 min. ; c.1930)
written and directed by James and Eloyce Gist
Verdict: not guilty
(8 min. ; c.1933)
written and directed by James and Eloyce Gist
The darktown revue
produced by the Ebony Film Corporation ; produced by Luther Pollard
(18 min. ; 1931)
directed by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by Oscar Micheaux and Alice B. Russell ; produced by the Micheaux Film Corporation
The exile
(78 min. ; 1931)
Frank Schiffman presents an Oscar Micheaux production ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the novel The conquest by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by the Micheaux Film Corporation
Hot Biskits
(10 min. ; 1931)
written and directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Dixie Comedies
Disc 4.
The girl from Chicago
A reckless rover
(70 min. ; 1932)
A. Burton Russell presents Oscar Micheaux's production ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the short story Jeff Ballinger's woman by Oscar Micheaux ; produced by Micheaux Pictures Corp.
Ten minutes to live
(58 min. ; 1932)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux
Veiled aristocrats
(44 min. ; 1932)
written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; based on the novel The house behind the cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt
Birthright
(73 min. ; 1938)
(14 min. ; 1918)
Burton Russell presents an Oscar Micheaux Production ; screenplay by Oscar Micheaux, based on the novel by Thomas Sigismund Stribling
Disc 5.
The bronze buckaroo
(58 min. ; 1939)
written, produced and directed by Richard C. Kahn
Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (excerpt: Logging community near Loughman, Florida) (3 min. ; 1928)
Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (excerpt: Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, South Carolina) (16 min. ; 1940)
The blood of Jesus
(56 min. ; 1941)
written and directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Amegro Films
produced by Luther Pollard ; directed by C.N. David ; produced by Ebony Film Corporation
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
(60 min. ; 1946)
Alfred N. Sack presents ; directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Bert Goldberg ; screenplay by True T. Thompson, based on "Miss Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham
The Moses sisters interview
(33 min. ; c.1978)
directed and photographed by Pearl Bowser
Within our gates

Dimensions: 4 3/4 in. +

Dimensions: other

Extent: 5 videodiscs (approx. 1276 min.)

Media category: video

Media MARC source: rdamedia

Media type code

Medium for sound: videodisc

Note: Set includes: 5 DVDs, 1 book.

Other control number: 738329206000

Other physical details: silent and sound, black and white and color tinted :

Publisher number: K20600

Sound on medium or separate: sound on medium

Specific material designation: videodisc

System control number

ocn953269471
(OCoLC)953269471

System details: DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital 2.0

Video recording format: DVD

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