Ethel Moses
God's Step Children
(1938)
Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi ... (more)
Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi ... (more)
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
(1934)
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. (more)
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. (more)
Temptation (1935)
Helen Ware, an artist's model, known as the Brown Venus is sad, discouraged and unhappy. When her men friends learn that she often poses nude, they try to become unduly "friendly" or just shun her, with the result that a beautiful girl with the figure of a Goddess ... (more)
Helen Ware, an artist's model, known as the Brown Venus is sad, discouraged and unhappy. When her men friends learn that she often poses nude, they try to become unduly "friendly" or just shun her, with the result that a beautiful girl with the figure of a Goddess ... (more)
Underworld (1937)
A young college student falls under the influence of a murderous gambler. (more)
A young college student falls under the influence of a murderous gambler. (more)
Birthright
(1938)
A black Harvard graduate faces racism and discrimination after returning to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to develop a school similar to Tuskegee Institute or Hampton Institute, both historically black colleges. (more)
A black Harvard graduate faces racism and discrimination after returning to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to develop a school similar to Tuskegee Institute or Hampton Institute, both historically black colleges. (more)
Birthright
(1924)
Birthright is a 1924 film by Oscar Micheaux in 10 reels, adapted from Thomas Sigismund Stribling's novel of the same title (1922). (more)
Birthright is a 1924 film by Oscar Micheaux in 10 reels, adapted from Thomas Sigismund Stribling's novel of the same title (1922). (more)
Gone Harlem (1938)
A musical comedy drama of life behind the scenes in a Harlem movie studio. (more)
A musical comedy drama of life behind the scenes in a Harlem movie studio. (more)