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Oscar Micheaux. Oscar Micheaux (Metropolis, 2 gennaio 1884 – Charlotte, 25 marzo 1951) è stato un regista, sceneggiatore, attore, produttore cinematografico e scrittore statunitense. È considerato uno dei primi registi e produttori cinematografici afroamericani della storia del cinema.
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: / m ɪ ˈ ʃ oʊ / ⓘ; (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films.
23 apr 2024 · Oscar Micheaux (born January 2, 1884, Metropolis, Ill., U.S.—died March 25, 1951, Charlotte, N.C.) was a prolific African American producer and director who made films independently of the Hollywood film industry from the silent era until 1948.
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5 Photos. Oscar Micheaux, the first African-American to produce a feature-length film ( The Homesteader (1919)) and a sound feature-length film ( The Exile (1931) ), is not only a major figure in American film for these milestones, but because his oeuvre is a window into the American history and psyche regarding race and its deleterious effects ...
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The country's first major Black filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux (sometimes written as "Michaux"), directed and produced 44 films over the course of his career. Throughout the first half of the 20th century Micheaux depicted contemporary Black life and complex characters in his films, countering the negative on-screen portrayal of Blacks at the time.
1 feb 2019 · Oscar Micheaux, Intrepid Creator of Films on Race By MONICA DRAKE JAN. 31, 2019 Micheaux’s movies gave black America something they had never seen — their loves and lives on the big screen.
2 mag 2024 · To watch an Oscar Micheaux film is to see the miracle of a tragedy. Though Micheaux produced over forty pictures — spanning the silent era and through the advent of sound — only eighteen such works survive (nearly all of his silent pictures are considered lost).
