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Black Silent Film Then and Now

Written ByGary Dauphin

Published onFebruary 25, 2021

RelatedSignificant Movies and Moviemakers: Oscar Micheaux

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Paul Robeson in Oscar Micheaux’s <i>Body and Soul</i> (1925). Courtesy of Kino Lorber

Paul Robeson in Oscar Micheaux’s Body and Soul (1925). Courtesy of Kino Lorber

  1. See David Pierce's 2013 study The Survival of American Silent Feature Films: 1912–1929 https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/pub158.final_version_sept_2013.pdf

  2. https://www.kinolorber.com/film/view/id/2124; Race Movies: A Patchwork History, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, pg 31

  3. Anna Everett, Mediating Black Modernity: The Influence of the Race Press on Race Films Early Race Filmmaking in America (Routledge Advances in Film Studies) (p. 141). Taylor and Francis. Kindle Edition.

  4. Early Race Filmmaking in America (Routledge Advances in Film Studies) (p. 141). Taylor and Francis. Kindle Edition.

  5. https://www.kinolorber.com/film/view/id/2124 Race Movies: A Patchwork History, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, pg 32

  6. Field, Allyson Nadia. Uplift Cinema. Duke University Press. Kindle Edition.

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