Silent Film Showcase
Within Our Gates
Abandoned by her fiance, an educated black woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black youths. staring Evelyn Preer,
Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin. Directed by Oscar Micheaux.1920
The Symbol of The Unconquered
Racists learn that the land a Black woman owns lies over a vast oil field, and threaten her life when she refuses to sell. staring Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault, Mattie Wilkes, Louis Dean, August Barr, Leigh Whipper, Jim Burris, E.G. Tatum. produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux. 1920
BODY AND SOUL
Body and Soul is a 1925 race film produced, written, directed, and distributed by Oscar Micheaux and starring Paul Robeson in his motion picture debut. In 2019, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
THE SCAR OF SHAME
An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather, who beats and abuses her. However, once he "saves" her, he won't let his new wife meet his mother. starring Harry Henderson, Norman Johnstone, Ann Kennedy, Pearl McCormack, Lawrence Chenault, Charles Gilpin, William E.Pettus, Lucia Lynn Moses. directed by Frank Perugini.. (1929)
THE FLYING ACEs
The Flying Ace is a 1926 black-and-white silent drama film directed by Richard E. Norman with an all African-American cast. The story was inspired by Bessie Coleman who was killed in a aviation accident the same year this film was released and the six-reel film, made by Norman Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, utilized an all star cast of professional actors. staring
Laurence Criner , Kathryn Boyd.
Siren of The Tropics
In love with a French businessman, a West Indies native girl sneaks back to Paris with him despite his engagement to another woman but finds her true calling in life as a dancer in music halls. staring Josephine Baker, Pierre Batcheff, Georges Melchior, Regina Dalthy. 1927