Within Our Gates
The earliest surviving Black feature is a complex, dark, and moving film about a schoolteacher navigating racial politics and Black and white communities as her school is on the brink of bankruptcy.
Director: Oscar Micheaux
Year: 1920
Genre: Silent; Drama
Type: Feature
Link: https://www.criterionchannel.com/within-our-gates
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