Description
Oscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith--a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story has been nearly forgotten today. The son of freed slaves, he roamed America as a Pullman porter before making his first mark as a homesteader in South Dakota--and going on from there to become the king of the race cinema industry, producing and/or directing nearly forty films during a time of Jim Crow segregation when African-American artists were not welcome in Hollywood.
In this groundbreaking new biography, award-winning film historian Patrick McGilligan offers a vivid and fascinating portrait of a true pioneer of American culture who was equal parts visionary, hustler, huckster, innovator, and raffish Barnum-like showman--and the first great African-American filmmaker.
Author: Patrick McGilligan
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/17/2008
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.06w x 1.17d
ISBN13: 9780060731403
ISBN10: 0060731400
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Performing Arts | Film | Direction & Production
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