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Credited cast: | |||
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J. Homer Tutt | ... | Peter Siner |
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Evelyn Preer | ... | Cissie Deldine |
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Salem Tutt Whitney | ... | Tump Pack |
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Lawrence Chenault | ||
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William Crowell | ... | (as W.B.F. Crowell) |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Alec Lovejoy | ||
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Ethel Moses | ||
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Carman Newsome |
A young black Harvard graduate fights against a variety of obstacles, including racist opposition, in order to build a school for black children.
This was a pioneer film by Oscar Micheaux that he made in 1924 and later re-made in 1939 in sound, both are timeless and equally great movies, despite the former not having sound, the message was as clear about the story of a young black hero who graduated from Harvard Univesity and overcame racial hatred to go on to build a school for black children in Tennessee. Other films by Micheaux include "The Exile" (1931), "The Girl From Chicago" (1932), "Lem Hawkins Confession" (also known as "Murder in Harlem -(1935), "Underworld" (1937),"Temptation" (1936), "Swing" (1938), and "Lying Lips" (1939). Oscar Micheaux died in 1951 almost alone and not remembered. Most of his films are still available for viewing in video and DVD.