(In conjunction with the set, Kino has separately released on DVD “Oscar Micheaux ... directing his novel “The Homesteader” (1919), a film now lost. Happily, Micheaux’s second film ...

In 1915, Black homesteader and novelist Oscar Micheaux is at a turning point: the emerging art form of cinema is sweeping the nation, and he must find new ways to tell his story. In response to ...

half-forgotten yet indomitable African-American film pioneer Oscar Micheaux. At a time when blacks lived severely restricted lives in Jim Crow America (Micheaux died broke in 1951 at age 67), this ...

Branch to honor the legendary Oscar Micheaux, the first major Black filmmaker ... feature was the now-lost black-and-white film The Homesteader. His last surviving film is The Notorious Elinor ...

The Oscar Micheaux Project (working title) is an original jazz musical inspired by the life and work of Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951) as well as other historic events. In 1915, Black homesteader ...