(January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was a pioneering African American author and is widely recognized as being the first African-American filmmaker (although he was predated by the short lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company[1]). He is considered the most prominent producer of race films.
Given the times, his accomplishments in publishing and film are extraordinary, including being the first African-American to produce a film to be shown in "white" movie theaters. In his motion pictures, he moved away from the "Negro" stereotypes being portrayed in film at the time. Additionally, in his film Within Our Gates, Micheaux attacked the racism depicted in D.W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation.
The Producers Guild of America called him "The most prolific black - if not most prolific independent - filmmaker in American cinema." Over his illustrious career, Oscar Micheaux wrote, produced and directed forty-four feature-length films between 1919 and 1948 and wrote seven novels, one of which was a national bestseller.
Micheaux died in Charlotte, North Carolina while on a business trip. His body was returned to Great Bend, Kansas, where he was interred in the Great Bend cemetery with other members of his family.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Micheaux#Filmography
Oscar Micheaux Home Page
Complete BioSegregation - Midnight Ramble
A Midnight Ramble was a segregation-era midnight showing of films for an African American audience, often in a cinema where, under Jim Crow laws they would never have been admitted at other times. The films shown were often from among the over 500 films were made between 1910 and 1950 in the United States with Black producers, writers, actors and directors.
Filmography
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Produced by Hubert Julian Oscar Micheaux
Written by Oscar Micheaux
Starring Edna Mae Harris Robert Earl Jones
Produced by Hubert Julian Oscar Micheaux
Written by Oscar Micheaux
Starring Edna Mae Harris Robert Earl Jones
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.
factory finds the body of a murdered
white woman. After he reports it, he finds
himself accused of the murder.
Oscar Micheaux's Actual Burial Card
This is the actual funeral card distributed at Oscar's funeral. This is the text portion (the right side) of the inside of the memorial card. The funeral card erroneously reports the date of death as March 27, 1951. In fact, Micheaux died on March 25, 1951. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Micheaux#Filmography
This shows both the front and back of the memorial card.
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