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Title:

Synergy Entertainment presents Oscar Micheaux [videorecording] : special three disc collection / Synergy Entertainment.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Synergy Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

©2011

Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 196 min.) : sd., black & white and color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

African Americans in the motion picture industry.
African American motion picture producers and directors.
African Americans--Drama.
African American detectives--Drama.
Secret service--United States--Drama.
Gambling--New York--New York--Drama.
Murder--New York--New York--Drama.
Drama.
Biography.
African American detectives.
African American motion picture producers and directors.
African Americans.
African Americans in the motion picture industry.
Gambling.
Murder.
Secret service.
New York (State)--New York.
United States.
Drama.

Other Authors:

Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
Cram, Bestor.
Thomas, Pamela A.
Taylor, Clyde.
Avery, James, 1945-2013.
Mahon, Carl.
Calloway, Starr.
Russell, Alice B.
Lewis, Jacqueline.
Moses, Ethel.
Synergy Entertainment.

Other Titles:

Midnight ramble.
Girl from Chicago.
God's step children.

Notes:

Title from container. Midnight ramble: James Avery. The girl from Chicago: Carl Mahon, Star Calloway, Alice B. Russell. God's step children: Jacquelinie Lewis, Ethel Moses, Alice B. Russell.

Contents:

Midnight ramble / directors, producers, Bestor Cram, Pamela Thomas ; writer, Clyde Taylor (1994 : 56 min.) -- The girl from Chicago / director, producer, writer, Oscar Micheaux (1932 : 70 min.) -- God's step children / director, producer, writer, Oscar Micheaux (1938 : 70 min.).

Summary:

Midnight ramble: "Recounts the history of the black film industry from 1910 to the 1940s and includes rare clips and highlights."--Container.
The girl from Chicago: "Secret Service agent Alonzo White is sent to Mississippi to investigate activities there, and meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime boss. He rescues the girl and they leave Mississippi and head to Harlem, but their troubles follow them there."--Container.
God's step children: "After being left with a widowed black woman by her young mother, a young light-skinned Negress struggles to find her place in both the black and white worlds."--Container.

Series:

Synergy archive series

OCLC:

(OCoLC)824120877

UPC:

886470463749

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)