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FYF Director Spotlight: Oscar Micheaux (Within Our Gates, Body and Soul)
Manage episode 282004757 series 2795399
We cover two films from Oscar Micheaux (Within Our Gates, Body and Soul) in our latest director's spotlight. Within Our Gates, released in 1919, is the earliest surviving movie from an African American director. Body and Soul features the debut of Paul Robeson.
Both films, as well as a handful of Micheaux's work, are streaming on Criterion Channel.
Email info@findyourseen.com for questions! Bruce Purkey's video reviews are on Rustomire.
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198 episodes
Manage episode 282004757 series 2795399
We cover two films from Oscar Micheaux (Within Our Gates, Body and Soul) in our latest director's spotlight. Within Our Gates, released in 1919, is the earliest surviving movie from an African American director. Body and Soul features the debut of Paul Robeson.
Both films, as well as a handful of Micheaux's work, are streaming on Criterion Channel.
Email info@findyourseen.com for questions! Bruce Purkey's video reviews are on Rustomire.
We're on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram.
Support the showHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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