Classic Film Tour Trailer: Oscar Micheaux and Black Independent Cinema

"He doesn't just TO DO movies, he sets off A revolution." Movie theater Lorber East launch A classic movie tour Soon has celebrate A innovative American director appointed Oscar Micheaux. He East known as "THE from the country First of all major Black director," WHO do a lot movies Since THE 1920s ahead that redefined What movie theater could be And WHO he was For. Her very First of all movie was THE Farmer In 1919, However he East NOW considered lost. Movie theater Lorber will be showing 17 movies Since at Micheaux filmography, provided by THE Library of Congress as 4K restorations & rare discoveries. Micheaux directed & product more that 40 movies Since 1919-1948, shift Since silent has talking films, And representative early such complex And taboo topics as religious hypocrisy, interracial marriage, police violence, And lynching, often with all Black castings And producers. This tour "festival" features 17 movies that will play on THE big screen has art House cinemas. With In OUR Doors (1920), at Micheaux the earlier survivor functionality, more Body & Soul, THE Girl From Chicago, Murder In Harlem, Gods Stage Children, Ten Minutes has Live, And a lot others. Check out a few ancient pictures In THE trailer below.

Official trailer For Movie theater Lorber's Oscar Micheaux And THE Birth of Black Independent Movie theater visit:

“Micheaux [1884-1951] announcement A new idea: that Black movies could be For THE mass Black audience… He Also LEFT behind her own scanning legend." –Donald Bogle

Present by THE Library of Congress In association with Movie theater Lorber - Oscar Micheaux And THE Birth of Black Independent Movie theater. THE introduction : "This essential collection features 17 movies, including Seven new restorations, by THE prolific independent director of which innovative explorations of contemporary Black life paving stone THE path For generations. Operating on limited means budgets, Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) directed And product more that 40 movies between 1919 And 1948, shift Since silent has talking films, And representative such complex And taboo topics as religious hypocrisy, interracial marriage, police violence, And lynching, often with all Black castings And producers. Her work explored THE Black experience with nuance And depth, often difficult THE negative stereotypes SO commonly depicted In movies of THE time. at Micheaux movies were THE First of all do by A Black director has be watch In white cinemas, And they were often extremely successful, with Micheaux functioning directly with theater the owners has finance, distribute, And walk them." More on him here.

Movie theater Lorber's presentation of Oscar at Micheaux movies will be tour THE WE This year. Departure has new York Movie Forum with movies playing Since Can 3rd through Can 9th. With artist, archivist, And series consultant In a Archer presentation THE First of all to show of Body And Soul. "Previously broadcast theatrically only In bad quality prints, these newly restored versions allow We has witness THE great legacy of Micheaux with costs eyes." For more Information on THE retrospective tour Or how has watch these movies In A theater - visit Movie theater Lorber's official site.

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