The Resource The symbol of the unconquered : a story of the Ku Klux Klan, Micheaux Film Corporation ; Oscar Micheaux presents ; produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux

The symbol of the unconquered : a story of the Ku Klux Klan, Micheaux Film Corporation ; Oscar Micheaux presents ; produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux

Label
The symbol of the unconquered : a story of the Ku Klux Klan
Title
The symbol of the unconquered
Title remainder
a story of the Ku Klux Klan
Statement of responsibility
Micheaux Film Corporation ; Oscar Micheaux presents ; produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Eve, a young light-skinned African American woman, travels from Selma, Alabama to the Northwest to claim the mine willed to her by her grandfather. Hugh, an African American man who falls in love with her but thinks that she is white, discovers oil, provoking the greed and anger of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan attacks but is driven off. Finally, Eve and Hugh resolve their misunderstanding
Cataloging source
WaSSh
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Producer-writer-director, Oscar Micheaux
Language note
Silent film with English intertitles and accompanying music
PerformerNote
Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault, Mattie Wilkes, Louis Dean, Leigh Whipper, E.G. Tatum, James Burrough, George Catlin
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1884-1951
  • 1892-1984
  • 1887-1922
  • 1877-1943
  • 1875-1927
  • 1876-1933
  • 1877-1975
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Micheaux, Oscar
  • Hall, Iris
  • Thompson, Walker
  • Chenault, Lawrence
  • Wilkes, Mattie
  • Dean, Louis
  • Whipper, Leigh R.
  • Tatum, E. G
  • Burrough, James
  • Smith, Robb
  • Micheaux Film Corporation
  • Cinema Apart (Firm)
Runtime
http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/unknown
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
  • African Americans in motion pictures
  • African Americans
  • Racism
  • Passing (Identity)
Technique
live action
Label
The symbol of the unconquered : a story of the Ku Klux Klan, Micheaux Film Corporation ; Oscar Micheaux presents ; produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1920
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
57560144
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other physical details
silent, black and white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The symbol of the unconquered : a story of the Ku Klux Klan, Micheaux Film Corporation ; Oscar Micheaux presents ; produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux
Publication
Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1920
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
57560144
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other physical details
silent, black and white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format
Video recording format
DVD

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