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Murder in Harlem (also released as Lem Hawkins Confession and Brand of Cain) is a 1935 American race film written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, who also appears in the film. It is a remake of his 1921 silent film The Gunsaulus Mystery.
Murder in Harlem: Directed by Oscar Micheaux, Clarence Williams. With Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle, Andrew Bishop, Alec Lovejoy. A black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After he reports it, he finds himself accused of the murder.
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- Drama, Mystery
- Oscar Micheaux, Clarence Williams
- 1935-12-12
Jan 18, 2020 · Murder in Harlem (also released as Lem Hawkins Confession) is a 1935 American race film written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, who also appears in the film. This is...
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A black night watchman in a chemical factory finds the body of a young white woman in the basement. Blamed for the murder, the man is tried but the real killer is unmasked during the trial. Loosely based upon elements of the Leo Frank murder trial.
Jul 4, 2020 · Murder in Harlem. A film produced in 1935 by African-American director Oscar Micheaux. This film was lost until rediscovered by researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. It is loosely based on the events around the 1913 murder of 13-year-old girl Mary Phagan and the conviction of her boss, Leo Frank.
- 190 min
Jul 10, 2021 · Inspired by a notorious crime that took place in the state of Georgia in 1913, Murder in Harlem details the murder of a young white woman for which the night watchman at a chemical plant, a black man, is wrongly accused.
Feb 25, 2022 · Oscar Micheaux's powerful detective story is a still-relevant indictment of institutional racism in its depiction of a Black man wrongly accused of murder. In Murder in Harlem, the lifeless body of a white woman is discovered by a Black night watchman at a chemical factory.
