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Birth Name: Oscar Devereaux Micheaux
Born: 2 January 1884 Died: 25 March 1951
Country of origin: 
United States
Height: 6' 0"
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Alice B. Russell
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People...Black Excellence Tribute
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Published 9 years, 11 months ago
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Tribute...Golden Era Black Legends of Cinema
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Published 3 years, 1 month ago
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People...Black Screenwriters
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Published 10 years ago
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Silent Film Directors
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Micheaux was an American author and film director. Although predated by the short lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company that put out smaller films, he is regarded as the first African-American feature filmmaker, and the most prominent producer of race films.
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1. Within Our Gates (1920)
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3. The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920)
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4. The Exile
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5. Ten Minutes to Live (1932)
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1. Within Our Gates (1920)
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3. The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920)
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4. The Exile
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5. Ten Minutes to Live (1932)
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1. Murder in Harlem (1935)
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3. Harlem After Midnight (1934)
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4. The Czar of Black Hollywood (2014)
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TCM’s The Essential Directors (56 person items)"Must-See Movies Within Our Gates The Symbol of the Conquered Body and Soul The Exile Ten Minutes to Live Lying Lips"
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Tribute...Black directors...Behind the camera (79 person items)
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Tribute...Golden Era Black Legends of Cinema (75 person items)
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Tribute...We miss you...Patriarchs of Hollywood (266 person items)
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Black American Firsts in Film and Theatre (70 person items)"First Black Film DirectorOscar Micheaux became the first Black American to produce a full-length feature film when The Homesteader premiered at movie houses in 1919.The following year, Micheaux released Within Our Gates, a response to D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. For the next 30 years, Micheaux produced and directed films that challenged Jim Crow Era society."
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Behind the camera...Black directors (75 person items)
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