I love old movies, especially black movies, but they're so hard to find. Not blaxpoitation movies of the 70's, but movies from the 30's - 60's.
I ran across this on YouTube. It's only 1 out of 6, but very interesting if you have the time to watch.
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i love this! , i think that more people need to see these.. most young people have no idea where they came from culturally..
ReplyDeleteExactly! I think it's amazing that even though our people were so dogged out back then, they were still so glamorous and dapper.
ReplyDeleteAwesome post, I love being able to take a look back into Black Culture, FYI there are tours in DC specifically geared towards Black History, let me know if you are interested.
ReplyDeleteI am!
ReplyDeleteAlabama's own, Joe Louis.
ReplyDeleteThis is good history.
Oscar Micheaux
ReplyDeleteThe motion picture industry was in the silent film era, and blacks were not welcome in the industry. The only way a black could become a movie producer was to start his own company. Micheaux did just that, and turned his autobiographical novel, The Homesteader, into a movie in 1919. This was the first feature length film produced by an American black.6 Actor and director Tim Reid summed it up: “Not only did he do the impossible, creating a Black film industry at a time when Blacks weren't even considered photographical by White filmmakers, but here was a man who pioneered by writing, producing and directing his own movies...”7
Micheaux produced, directed and wrote at least 43 movies in his life — 27 silent films and 16 sound features.8 He was the first American black to produce a “talkie” — The Exile (1931).9 Micheaux did it all - hired the actors, directed the movies and even distributed the movies to some 700 segregated black theaters across America. Micheaux worked on a shoestring, often taking only one “take” of a scene. While the cost cutting is obvious in the quality of his movies, Micheaux was clearly “a man ahead of his time,” as his tombstone reads. Regrettably, most of Micheaux's films are lost and only 10 are commercially available.10 Fortunately, all seven of Micheaux's novels are available, and two are still in print.
Deedles thanks for sharing this. I think I've seen parts of this before. It was so eye opening!!!
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