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Pioneers of African-American cinema [Blu-ray videorecording].

Kino Classics, 2016.

Blacks in motion pictures.

Blacks in the motion picture industry.

Motion picture producers and directors, Black -- United States.

[Blu-ray videorecording].

5 Blu-ray discs (approx. 1227 min.) : silent and 5.1 Dolby digital sd., b&w and color tinted : 12 cm. + 1 book (76 p. : ill.)

Films originally produced 1915-1946.

Booklet, titled Pioneers of African-American cinema: film notes, includes an introduction by Paul D. Miller (aka D.J. Spooky), and essays by Charles Musser, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Rhea L. Combs, and Mary N. Elliott.

Body and soul: Based on the novel by Oscar Micheaux.

Dirty Gerties from Harlem U.S.A.: Based on the story "Miss Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham.

Ten minutes to live: Based on the short stories "The Faker", "The Killer", and "Harlem after midnight" a collection entitled "Harlem after midnight" (author undetermined).

Ten nights in a bar room: Based on the novel by Timothy Shay Arthur and the stage adaptation by William W. Pratt.

The Birthright: Based on the novel by Thomas Sigismund Stribling.

The Exile: Based on the novel "The Conquest" by Oscar Micheaux.

The Girl from Chicago: Based on the short story "Jeff Ballinger's woman" by Oscar Micheaux.

Veiled aristocrats: Based on the novel "The house behind the cedars" by Charles W. Chesnutt.

Five-disc collection Includes: Nineteen digitally restored feature films ; short films, fragments, documentaries ; 80-page booklet with essays and photos ; interviews with historians and archivists ; musical scores by DJ Spooky, Max Roach, Samuel Wayman, Donald Sosin & more!

Blood of Jesus is a seletion of the National Film Registry, 1991.

Within our gates is a selection of the National Film Registry, 1992.

Sound films are closed-captioned; silent films have English intertitles, some have accompanying music.

Disc 1. Two knights of vaudeville (11 min. ; 1915) -- A reckless rover (14 min. ; 1918) -- Within our gates (79 min. ; 1920) -- The symbol of the unconquered: a story of the Ku Klux Klan (59 min.; 1920) -- By right of birth (fragment) (4 min.; 1921) -- Body and soul (93 min.; 1925) -- Screen snapshots (excerpt) (1 min. ; 1920) -- Pioneers of African-American cinema : an introduction (8 min. ; 2016) -- The films of Oscar Micheaux (9 min. ; 2016).

Disc 2. Regeneration (fragment of reel two) (11 min. ; 1923) -- The flying ace (65 min. ; 1926) -- Ten nights in a bar room (64 min. ; 1926) -- Rev. S. S. Jones home movies (excerpts) (16 min. ; 1924-1928) -- The scar of shame (86 min. ; 1929) -- The color line (6 min. ; 2016) -- Ten nights in a barroom : an introduction (5 min. ; 2016) -- About the restoration (8 min. ; 2016).

Disc 3. Eleven P.M. (60 min. ; 1928) -- Hell-bound train (50 min. ; c.1930) -- Verdict: not guilty (8 min. ; 1933) -- The darktown revue (18 min. ; 1931) -- The exile (78 min. ; 1931) -- Hot Biskits (10 min. ; 1931) -- Religion in early African-American cinema (7 min. ; 2016) -- Eleven P.M. : an introduction (3 min. ; 2016) -- S. Torriano Berry discusses the works of James and Eloyce Gist (5 min. ; 2016).

Disc 4. The girl from Chicago (70 min. ; 1932) -- Ten minutes to live (58 min. ; 1932) -- Veiled aristocrats(44 min. ; 1932) -- Birthright (73 min. ; 1938) -- Veiled aristocrats (Original trailer) (4 min. ; 1932) -- Birthright (Theatrical trailer) (3 min. ; 1938).

Disc 5. The bronze buckaroo (58 min. ; 1939) -- Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (excerpt: Logging community near Loughman, Florida) (3 min. ; 1928) -- Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (excerpt: Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, South Carolina) (16 min. ; 1940) -- The blood of Jesus (56 min. ; 1941) -- Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (60 min. ; 1946) -- The Moses sisters interview (33 min. ; c.1978) -- The Tyler-Texas Black Film Collection : the missing link in black cinema (6 min. ; 1985) -- The films of Zora Neale Hurston (2 min. ; 2016) -- The films of Spencer Williams (7 min. ; 2016) -- The end of an era (5 min. ; 2016).

Kino Classics ; Library of Congress ; curated by Charles Musser and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart ; executive producer, Paul D. Miller ; producer, Bret Wood.

Two knights of vaudeville: Jimmy Marshall, Frank Montgomery, Florence McClain, Bert Murphy.

A Reckless rover: Sam Robinson.

Within in our gates: Evely Preer, William Starks, Mattie Edwards, Grant Edwards, E.G. Tatum, Jack Chenault.

The Symbol of the unconquered: Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault.

By right of birth: Clarence Brooks, Anita Thompson, Webb King.

Body and soul: Paul Robeson, Mercedes Gilbert, Lawrence Chenault, Julia Theresa Russel, Marshall Rodgers, Chester A. Alexander, Walter Cornick, Madame Robinson, Lillian Johnson, Tom Fletcher.

Screen snapshorts: Oscar Micheaux.

Regeneration: Stella Mayo, M.C. Maxwell.

The Flying ace: Laurence Criner, Kathryn Boyd, Steve "Peg" Reynolds, Goise De Legge, George Colvin, Harold Platts.

Ten nights in a bar room: Charles S. Gilpin, Lawrence Chenault, Harry Henderson, Arline Mickey, Myra Burwell.

The Scar of shame: Harry Henderson, Lucia Lynn Moses, Lawrence Chenault, Pearl McCormack, Norman Johnstone, William E. Pettus, Ann[ie] Kennedy.

Eleven p.m.: Richard Maurice, Sammie Fields, Orine Johnson, Wanda Maurice.

Verdict: not guilty: Eloyce Gist.

The Darktown revue: Donald Heywood's Choir, Tim Moore, Andrew Trible, Amon Davis, Sara Martin.

The Exile: Eunice Brooks, Stanley Morrell, Nora Newsome, Charles Moore, George Randol, Katherine Noisette, A.B. Comathiere, Carl Mahon.

Hot biskits: Thurston Briggs, Spencer Williams.

The Girl from Chicago: Carl Mahon, Star Calloway, Alice b. Russell, Eunice Brooks, Minta Cato, John Everett.

Ten minutes to live: Lawrence Chenault, Willor Lee Guilford, Lorenzo Tucker, Laura Bowman, Tressie Mitchell,Donald Heywood.

Birthright: Carman Newsome, S.O. (Ethel) Moses, Alec Lovejoy, Hazel Diaz, Trixie Smith.

Veiled aristocrats: Lucille Lewis, Lawrence Chenault, Walter Fleming, Lorenzo Tucker, Laura Bowman, Lucille Lewis, Barrington Guy, Carl Mahon.

The Bronze buckaroo: Herb Jeffries, Lucius Brooks, Artie Young, Soencer Williams, Clarence Brooks, The Four Tones.

The Blood of Jesus: Carhtyn Caviness, Spencer Williams, Juanita Riley, Reather Hardeman, James B. Jones, Rev. R.L. Robertson and The Heavenly Choir.

Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.: Francine Everette, Don Wilson, Katherine Moore, Alfred Hawkins, David Boykin, Spencer Williams.

"Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called 'race films' that flourished in the 1920s-'40s. Unlike the 'black cast' films produced within the Hollywood studio (such as Stormy Weather or Green Pastures), these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, directed, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers not only built an industry apart from the Hollywood establishment, they cultivated visual and narrative styles that were uniquely their own. Defying convention and operating outside the studio system, these filmmakers were the forefathers (and -mothers) of the French New Wave, the L.A. Rebellion, and the entirety of American indie cinema. Previously circulated in poor-quality 16mm prints, these newly restored versions allow us to witness the legacies of Oscar Micheaux, Spencer Williams, and James and Eloyce Gist with fresh eyes -- proving that, anything but imitative, these Pioneers of African-American Cinema were purely innovative."--Container.

Documentary films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951. Body and soul.

Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951. Conquest.

Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951. Jeff Ballinger's Woman.

Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. Rain.

Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885. Ten nights in a bar-room, and what I saw there.

Stribling, T. S. (Thomas Sigismund), 1881-1965. Birthright.

Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932. House behind the cedars.

Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.

Hurston, Zora Neale.

Williams, Spencer, 1893-1969.

Gist, Eloyce, 1892-1974.

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.

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