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Within Our Gates is a 1920 American silent race drama film produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux.
A drama about racial prejudice and education in the American South, directed and written by Oscar Micheaux, a black filmmaker. The film features a flashback scene of a lynching and a rape, and explores the contrast between northern and southern attitudes towards blacks.
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- Drama, Romance
- Oscar Micheaux
- 1920-01-12
Dec 18, 2011 · Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated negro woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished negro youths. Within Our Gates was produced and...
- 77 min
- 168.2K
- The Riverbends Channel
Nov 17, 2016 · Overturning prevailing wisdom, portrayed notably in D. W. Griffith’s film epic Birth of a Nation (1915), Within Our Gates underscores that racism is fueled by ignorance and hinders national unity.
Jan 28, 2016 · Within Our Gates. By Richard Brody. January 28, 2016. Oscar Micheaux’s bold, forceful melodrama, from 1919—the oldest surviving feature by a black American director—unfolds the vast...
- Condé Nast
July 26, 2023. Everett Collection Evelyn Preer and Jack Chenault in Within Our Gates. The story of writer, producer, and director Oscar Micheaux is that of a ghost industry that might have...
Jul 26, 2023 · The 100 Best Movies of the Past 10 Decades. Within Our Gates (1920) Evelyn Preer and Jack Chenault in Within Our Gates. Everett Collection. July 26, 2023 7:32 AM EDT.
