Within our gates / Oscar Micheaux presents ; written, directed and produced by Oscar Micheaux.

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Created as a response to D.W. Griffith's 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, which depicted southern whites in need of the Ku Klux Klan to protect them from blacks, Micheaux shows the reality of Dixie racism in 1920, where a black man could be lynched for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Within our gates (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors:	Micheaux Film Corporation (Production company) Kanopy (Firm) (Distributor)
Other Authors:	Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter) Preer, Evelyn (Actor) Clements, Flo (Actor) Ruffin, James D. (Actor) Chenault, Jack (Actor) Smith, William (William S.) (Actor) Lucas, Charles D. (Actor)
Language:	No linguistic content English
Language and/or Writing System:	Silent film with English intertitles and musical soundtrack.
Published:	[San Francisco, Calif.] : Kanopy Streaming, [2017]
Subjects:	African American teachers > Drama. African Americans > Southern States > 20th century > Drama. Racism > United States > Drama. Historical films. Fiction films. Feature films. Silent films.
Genre:	Drama. Historical films. Fiction films. Feature films. Silent films.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource via Kanopy - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (74 min.)) : sound, black and white.
Variant Title:	Negra
Format:	Electronic Video

Within our gates : for solo soprano, solo tenor, SATB chorus and string orchestra

Authors: Hailstork, Adolphus C.
Published: Theodore Presser Company, 2020

Physical Description: 1 vocal score (57 pages) ; 31 cm

Musical Score

Pioneers of African-American cinema

Authors: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, Sosin, Donald, Roach, Max, 1924-2007, Waymon, Sam, Heywood, Donald, 1896-1967, Porter, Lew, 1892-1956
Published: Kino Classics, 2016

Physical Description: 5 videodiscs (approximately 1,276 min.) : silent and sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)

Video DVD

Within our gates

Published: Mad Phat Enterprises, 2009

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (78 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in., Issued also on film.

Video DVD

The origins of film

Published: Unapix Entertainment ; Distributed by Image Entertainment, 2001

Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (564 min.) : sound, black and white (some color tinted) ; 4 3/4 in. in box 20 x 14 x 5 cm + 1 guide (12 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm).

Video DVD