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Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux
Outline
•Biography of Oscar Micheaux (1-2 min)
•Films and Books by Oscar Micheaux (2-3
min)
•Race Films (1-2 minutes)
•How is religion and morality portrayed in
his works
   The Homesteader (1919). First
    feature length film by an African
    American

   Within Our Gates (1920). Response
    to D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation

   Body and Soul (1924). With Paul
    Robeson.

   The Exile (1931). First African
    American feature length sound film.
Micheaux's work was
prolific. He produced,
directed and
distribution more than
40 films during his
career. He also
published several
novels.
With Micheaux's
success, other black
production
companies quickly
popped up.
Race Movies
Race movies or race films was a genre that existed in the
United States between about 1915 and 1950. Approximately
500 race films were made during that time period.

They were films produced for an all-black audience, featuring
all-black casts, primarily by black directors.

Race movies are of great interest to students of African-
American cinema, they have historical significance but they
also showcased the talents of actors who were relegated to
stereotypical supporting roles in mainstream studio films.
THE BIRTH OF A NATION




D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation1915 Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation,
with its groundbreaking camerawork -- including close-ups, night photography, and
tracking shots -- transforms forever the way films are made and images perceived
www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/theater/birthofanation_a.html
Stereotypes embodied in the stock           BLACKFACE
characters of blackface minstrels not
only played a significant role in
cementing and proliferating racist
images, attitudes and perceptions
worldwide, but also in popularizing black
culture. In some quarters, the
caricatures that were the legacy of
blackface persist to the present day and
are a cause of ongoing controversy.
Eighty years ago, two young African-American men, Thomas Shipp and
  Abram Smith, were lynched in the town center of Marion, Ind. The night
  before, on Aug. 6, 1930,
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News of the lynching spread across the world. Local photographer
Lawrence Beitler took what would become the most iconic photograph of
lynching in America. The photograph shows two bodies hanging from a
tree surrounded by a crowd of ordinary citizens, including women and
children. Thousands of copies were made and sold. The photograph
helped inspire the poem and song "Strange Fruit" written by Abel
Meeropol — and performed around the world by Billie Holiday.
Only a fraction of his films
have been found. “Within
Our Gates,
The Brute, The
Unconquered
Symbol, Body and Soul”
Flora Cameron runs away from Gus.
                      library.kiwix.org




                      Armand Gridlestone attempts to rape
xroads.virginia.edu   Sylvia Landry. From WITHIN OUR GATES.
                      albany.edu
Body and
                         Soul          “A bold and
                                                                            r

                         controversial film by pioneer
                         filmmaker Oscar Micheaux marked
                         Paul Robeson's screen debut ,and
                         was the only motion picture he made
                         with an African-American director”




Body and Soul was Paul Robeson’s first film in 1930.Robeson played the
dual role of two brothers, one a slick preacher and the other-his brother
who was decent and honest.
•Race Movies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_films
•Filmmaker Micheaux countered stereotypes of black America
... consultant, one of the first known "race films" was a 1909 documentary
 commissioned by Booker T. Washington ... Oscar Micheaux's 1938 film
"Swing!" will be included in a ...
post-gazette.com/magazine/20000202micheaux3.asp
  Birth of a Nation
            www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/theater/birthofanati
            on_a.html(p5)
•http://www.reasonpad.com/2009/06/the-most-iconic-photographs-ever-
     taken/
•Photo Courtesy of Lawrence Beitler who took this iconic photograph on
August 7, 1930, showing the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith.


 Modern-day manifestations en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface -
 Booker T. Washington photo courtesy of gardenofpraise.com
If you would like to learn more about the life of Oscar Micheaux
or the author, you may contact Samuel Nash 973-803-2817 or e-mail
gloriouskingsau@yahoo.com.

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Oscar Micheaux

  • 3. Outline •Biography of Oscar Micheaux (1-2 min) •Films and Books by Oscar Micheaux (2-3 min) •Race Films (1-2 minutes) •How is religion and morality portrayed in his works
  • 4. The Homesteader (1919). First feature length film by an African American  Within Our Gates (1920). Response to D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation  Body and Soul (1924). With Paul Robeson.  The Exile (1931). First African American feature length sound film.
  • 5. Micheaux's work was prolific. He produced, directed and distribution more than 40 films during his career. He also published several novels. With Micheaux's success, other black production companies quickly popped up.
  • 6. Race Movies Race movies or race films was a genre that existed in the United States between about 1915 and 1950. Approximately 500 race films were made during that time period. They were films produced for an all-black audience, featuring all-black casts, primarily by black directors. Race movies are of great interest to students of African- American cinema, they have historical significance but they also showcased the talents of actors who were relegated to stereotypical supporting roles in mainstream studio films.
  • 7. THE BIRTH OF A NATION D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation1915 Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation, with its groundbreaking camerawork -- including close-ups, night photography, and tracking shots -- transforms forever the way films are made and images perceived www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/theater/birthofanation_a.html
  • 8. Stereotypes embodied in the stock BLACKFACE characters of blackface minstrels not only played a significant role in cementing and proliferating racist images, attitudes and perceptions worldwide, but also in popularizing black culture. In some quarters, the caricatures that were the legacy of blackface persist to the present day and are a cause of ongoing controversy.
  • 9. Eighty years ago, two young African-American men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, were lynched in the town center of Marion, Ind. The night before, on Aug. 6, 1930, S T R A N G E F R U I T News of the lynching spread across the world. Local photographer Lawrence Beitler took what would become the most iconic photograph of lynching in America. The photograph shows two bodies hanging from a tree surrounded by a crowd of ordinary citizens, including women and children. Thousands of copies were made and sold. The photograph helped inspire the poem and song "Strange Fruit" written by Abel Meeropol — and performed around the world by Billie Holiday.
  • 10. Only a fraction of his films have been found. “Within Our Gates, The Brute, The Unconquered Symbol, Body and Soul”
  • 11. Flora Cameron runs away from Gus. library.kiwix.org Armand Gridlestone attempts to rape xroads.virginia.edu Sylvia Landry. From WITHIN OUR GATES. albany.edu
  • 12. Body and Soul “A bold and r controversial film by pioneer filmmaker Oscar Micheaux marked Paul Robeson's screen debut ,and was the only motion picture he made with an African-American director” Body and Soul was Paul Robeson’s first film in 1930.Robeson played the dual role of two brothers, one a slick preacher and the other-his brother who was decent and honest.
  • 13. •Race Movies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_films •Filmmaker Micheaux countered stereotypes of black America ... consultant, one of the first known "race films" was a 1909 documentary commissioned by Booker T. Washington ... Oscar Micheaux's 1938 film "Swing!" will be included in a ... post-gazette.com/magazine/20000202micheaux3.asp Birth of a Nation www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/theater/birthofanati on_a.html(p5) •http://www.reasonpad.com/2009/06/the-most-iconic-photographs-ever- taken/ •Photo Courtesy of Lawrence Beitler who took this iconic photograph on August 7, 1930, showing the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. Modern-day manifestations en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface - Booker T. Washington photo courtesy of gardenofpraise.com
  • 14. If you would like to learn more about the life of Oscar Micheaux or the author, you may contact Samuel Nash 973-803-2817 or e-mail gloriouskingsau@yahoo.com.