Oscar Micheaux The Great and Only |
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Author:
| McGilligan, Patrick |
ISBN: | 978-0-06-175429-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $13.95 |
Book Description:
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Oscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith-a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story has been nearly forgotten today. The son of freed slaves, he roamed America as a Pullman porter before making his first mark as a homesteader in South Dakota-and going on from there to become the king of the "race cinema" industry, producing and/or directing nearly forty films during a time of Jim Crow segregation when African-American artists were...
More DescriptionOscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith-a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story has been nearly forgotten today. The son of freed slaves, he roamed America as a Pullman porter before making his first mark as a homesteader in South Dakota-and going on from there to become the king of the "race cinema" industry, producing and/or directing nearly forty films during a time of Jim Crow segregation when African-American artists were not welcome in Hollywood.In this groundbreaking new biography, award-winning film historian Patrick McGilligan offers a vivid and fascinating portrait of a true pioneer of American culture who was equal parts visionary, hustler, huckster, innovator, and raffish Barnum-like showman-and the first great African-American filmmaker.