Based on a stage play of the same name. An aspiring writer struggling to compose a eulogy after the sudden death of her mother struggles with the opposing voices that exist inside of modern woman’s head. | Country: Canada | Language: English
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Patricia Rozema Retrospective: I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) 4K Restoration
Posted on July 6, 2024
Rozema’s mesmerizing debut feature. Aspiring photographer Polly lands a job at a Toronto art gallery run by Gabrielle, who is also a painter. Polly is impressed with Gabrielle’s paintings, but as Polly gets to know her lover Mary, she realizes Gabrielle isn’t exactly who she appears to be. | Country: Canada | Language: English
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Micheaux’s final surviving film. Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight. | Country: United States | Language: English
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2022 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of Special Silver Ribbon. 2021 Cannes Film Festival – The Golden Eye Nominee. A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry. | Country: Italy | Language: English, Italian
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A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder. | Country: United States | Language: English
Read MoreThe Complete Oscar Micheaux: Body and Soul (1925) with short film The Darktown Revue (1931)
Posted on July 6, 2024
A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ruin. | Country: United States | Language: English
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Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl’s fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. | Country: United States | Language: English
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A young college student falls under the influence of a murderous gambler. | Country: United States | Language: English
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After a woman discovers her no-good beau is two-timing her, she sets her sights on Harlem to make it big as the lead of a show but becomes a diva just as the producer is trying to bring the show to Broadway. | Country: United States | Language: English
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A Story of the Ku Klux Klan. Directed by the first African American full feature-length director, Oscar Micheaux. | Country: United States | Language: English
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