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Within our gates / a Micheaux production ; [written, directed and produced by Oscar Micheaux]. The scar of shame / Colored Players Film Corporation presents ; story by David Starkman ; direction by Frank Perugini.
LIBRA DVD 022 554
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Drama.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social life and customs.
- African Americans--Attitudes.
- Race relations.
- African American educators.
- United States.
- African American educators--Drama.
- United States--Race relations--Drama.
- African Americans--Attitudes--Drama.
- African Americans--Social life and customs--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (77, 76 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [United States?] : [publisher not identified], [2013?]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with intertitles in English and musical accompaniment (both films).
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1.
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- (Within our gates) This earliest surviving silent feature directed by an African American tells the story of a young African American woman who seeks a northern white patron for a southern school for Black children.
- (The scar of shame) A middle-class black musician marries 'beneath his station,' and his ambiguous feelings about this which haunt him throughout his life.
- Participant:
- (Within our gates) Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin, Jack Chenault.
- (The scar of shame) Harry Henderson, Norman Johnstone, Ann Kennedy.
- Credits:
- (The scar of shame) Photography, Al Liguori; piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of two motion pictures originally produced in 1920 (Within our gates) and 1927 (The scar of shame).
- Disc label erroneously lists 'Symbol of the unconquered' as the second feature.
- This recording of Within our gates lacks all production credits. Cataloging information from IMDb website and from other sources.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1 (both films).
- Contains:
- Scar of shame
- OCLC:
- 858865612
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