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The first Black Film Director Oscar Micheaux
Micheaux believed Black stories should be told by Black people. At a time when films like Gone with the Wind and The Birth of a Nation portrayed Black Americans as foolish, inferior, or in need of white leadership, Micheaux set out to show a fuller, more honest picture of Black life. His films explored every…
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