Midway through Black History Month, it’s worth noting the relative brevity of Black film history—the very first major-studio feature to be directed by an African-American didn’t come along until 1969, ...

Micheaux distributed them himself, toting the four or five prints he could afford to the nation’s far-flung black communities, which enthusiastically embraced the only films then being made that ...

Oscar Micheaux Film Pioneer is one of seven films in the Were You There series produced by Carol Lawrence the others include The Black West The Cotton Club The Facts of Life Portrait of Two ...

In honor of Black History Month, the Paducah Film Society will present a screening of Micheaux’s “Within Our Gates,” complete with a live, in-house score, on Friday, Feb. 21, at Maiden Alley Cinema. A ...

The Gunsaulus Mystery is a 1921 American silent race film directed, produced, and written by Oscar Micheaux. The film was inspired by events and figures in the 1913-1915 trial of Leo Frank ...

There is no better way to indulge and immerse ourselves into the power of storytelling than the arts— music, movies, ...

PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - A silent film written and directed by a Metropolis, Illinois native will be screened in Paducah, ...

On some level, Maiden Alley Cinema’s upcoming screening of the film “Within Our Gates” represents a homecoming. It is the ...