by Micheaux, Oscar; Carli, Philip; Preer, Evelyn; Clements, Flo; Ruffin, James D; Chenault, Jack; Simmon, Scott; Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division; Smithsonian Video (Firm)
VHS / 1993
TitleThe African American cinema I Oscar Micheaux's Within our gates (1919)
Item typeVHS
Author(s)
  • Micheaux, Oscar
  • Carli, Philip
  • Preer, Evelyn
  • Clements, Flo
  • Ruffin, James D
  • Chenault, Jack
  • Simmon, Scott
Imprint[Washington, D.C.] Library of Congress, 1993
SeriesLibrary of Congress video collection
ISBN1560984775
Volume1
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • Videocassette release of the 1919 motion picture.
  • English subtitles.
  • Rare silent film with new piano score.
  • At the head: The Library of Congress and Smithsonian Video present...
  • Reproduction of a single surviving print found in Spain retitled as La Negra. "The original English intertitles remain lost ... the intertitles on this restoration can only approximate Micheaux's originals. They are a translation from Spanish back into English."--Opening frames.
  • Writer/director/producer, Oscar Micheaux ; piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli ; series producer, Scott Simmon.
Physical description1 videocassette (79 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. + 1 pamphlet ([4] p.)

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1993
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Micheaux, OscarCarli, PhilipPreer, EvelynClements, FloRuffin, James DChenault, JackSimmon, Scott
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Library of Congress
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