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Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer

Series: Were You There Series

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1982

Creator: 2482 Sutter

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Title from data sheet Intended audience: Ages 12 through adult Issued also as videorecording Oscar Micheaux is remembered for his work as a pioneer producer-director whose films offered a positive image and an alternative for Black people in the 1920s and 1930s. The program is built around the on-camera reminiscences of two performers who appeared in Micheaux films: Bee Freeman, dubbed the "Sepia Mae West" and Lorenzo Tucker, the "Black Valentino."

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