September 30, 2021 – January 9, 2023

Significant Movies and Moviemakers:
Oscar Micheaux

Visionary African American writer, director, producer, and distributor Oscar Micheaux was the driving force behind more than forty films, both silent and sound

  • Courtesy of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  • Significant Movies and Moviemakers: Oscar Micheaux, Stories of Cinema 2, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo by Joshua White, JWPictures/©Academy Museum Foundation
Oscar Micheaux on set, 1923, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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