Oscar Micheaux
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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned
Micheaux c. 1913
Micheaux in 1919
Grave of Oscar Micheaux in Great Bend being decorated during the 2005 Oscar Micheaux festival
The Lincoln Motion Picture Company was an American film production company founded in 1916 by Noble Johnson and George Perry Johnson. Noble Johnson was president of the company, and the secretary was
Oscar Micheaux
…US: ; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a…
Lincoln Motion Picture Company staff, c. 1921. From left Clarence A. Brooks (secretary), actress Beulah Hall Jones, Noble Johnson (president), Dudley Brooks (assistant secretary) and Dr. James Smith (treasurer)
Movie poster of The Trooper of Troop K