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The Homesteader
(1919) United States of America
B&W : [?] Seven or Eight? reels
Directed by [?] Oscar Micheaux and/or Jeremy Mills (Jerry Mills)?
Cast: Charles D. Lucas [Jean Baptiste], Evelyn Preer [Orlean], Iris Hall [Agnes Stewart], Inez Smith [Ethel], Vernon S. Duncan [N. Justine McCarthy], Charles S. Moore [Jack Stewart], Trevy Woods [Glavis], William George [Agnes’s white lover]
Micheaux Book and Film Company, Incorporated [Western Book Supply Company] production; distributed on State Rights basis by Micheaux Book and Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Oscar Micheaux. Scenario by Oscar Micheaux, from the novel The Homesteader by Oscar Micheaux. / Released 20 February 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Micheaux’s first film production was the first feature-length race film.
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2021.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Death: Suicide - Families: Father-daughter relationships - Homesteaders - Marriage - Race film - USA: South Dakota
Listing updated: 3 February 2024.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2021 : Documentary-Cram : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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