Within Our Gates (1920)
Written and directed
by Oscar Micheaux this film stars Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James
D. Ruffin and Jack Chenault. We follow an Africa-American woman over
her tribulations of love and prejudice.
You can easily see
this film as an African-American response to The Birth of a Nation
(1915) and it does a great job of showing the hardships faces in
America of that time. The plot shows a variety of African-American
characters and how they try to cope with the situation they face as
well as the different attitudes between Northern and Southern whites.
For a film made with so few resources the film is really well made
and it never looks away from the harsh realities of racism.
4/5
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