Oscar Micheaux was an African-American film director and author. At the time of their release, his black cast films were categorized as
race movies and played only theaters that catered to African-American audiences. This post is to introduce you to his work rather than his biography - which can be read (in short)
on his Wikipedia page. Many of his films and books can be viewed and read (respectively) and downloaded from
archive.org. Posters from several of his films can be worn on
crew d'tees t-shirts - the only Oscar Micheaux fashion available!
Films
Within Our Gates, 1920, silent
Ten Minutes To Live, 1932
Lem Hawkins' Confession also released as Murder in Harlem, 1935
Swing, 1938
Lying Lips, 1939
Books
Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer 1913
The Forged Note 1915
The Homesteader: A Novel 1917
crew d'tees Shirts
crew d'tees has created two t-shirts to honor the genius of this renaissance man and cinematic auteur.
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