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Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only: The Life of America's First Black Filmmaker

Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only: The Life of America's First Black Filmmaker

McGilligan, Patrick

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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 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.

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Publisher
PERENNIAL
Bisac Major Subject
Biography & Autobiography
Bisac Minor Subject
Entertainment & Performing Arts
Binding Type
Paperback
Country Of Origin
US
Number Of Units
1
Length
8.97 Inches
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ISBN
Width
6.06 Inches
Publication Date
1970-01-01
Height
1.17 Inches
ISBN 10
0060731400
Weight
1.18 Pounds
Book EAN
9780060731403
Target Audiance
Adults

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