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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: / m ɪ ˈ ʃ oʊ / ⓘ; (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films.
Oscar Micheaux (born January 2, 1884, Metropolis, Ill., U.S.—died March 25, 1951, Charlotte, N.C.) was a prolific African American producer and director who made films independently of the Hollywood film industry from the silent era until 1948.
Oscar Micheaux. Writer: Within Our Gates. Oscar Micheaux, the first African-American to produce a feature-length film (The Homesteader (1919)) and a sound feature-length film (The Exile (1931)), is not only a major figure in American film for these milestones, but because his oeuvre is a window into the American history and psyche regarding ...
Feb 5, 2021 · A self-taught, iconoclastic African American filmmaker and maverick businessman, Micheaux's catalog of films from The Homesteader onwards unflinchingly tackled race,...
Aug 25, 2021 · From the 1920s to the 1940s, Oscar Micheaux led the way in shining a spotlight on Black culture in the movies.
Feb 1, 2019 · A gender-bending blues performer who became 1920s Harlem royalty. By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO. W HEN IT COMES to loosening social mores, progress that isn’t made in private has often...
May 2, 2024 · Micheaux, unsurprisingly, wasn’t without controversy, and not just among white audiences. He was intensely interested in one-drop narratives — a single drop of African blood rendering someone not white — and deployed to awaken viewers to the phony science behind segregation.
Aug 12, 2016 · Oscar Micheaux, the First Black Auteur. A new five-disk collection restores much of the director’s surviving work, giving his films the recognition that they deserve. By Richard Brody....
Jul 10, 2021 · Author of six novels and 44 films examining the issue of racial injustices, African-American director and producer Oscar Micheaux was the first to bring the nation a different take on American society and the conditions in which millions of victims of discrimination were living.
Oscar Micheaux. Writer: Within Our Gates. Oscar Micheaux, the first African-American to produce a feature-length film (The Homesteader (1919)) and a sound feature-length film (The Exile (1931)), is not only a major figure in American film for these milestones, but because his oeuvre is a window into the American history and psyche regarding ...
