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

Traces the life and career of a pioneering director from the genre of African-American cinema, discussing his childhood in the homesteading communities of South Dakota, his direction of numerous silent and sound films at a time before black-produced movies could be shown in white theaters, and his lesser-known influence on American black culture. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.