Kino

Pioneers of African American Cinema

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  • Release Date: Tuesday, 26 July 2016
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: $99.95
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Two Knights of Vaudeville | Mercy the Mummy Mumbled | A Reckless Rover | Within Our Gates | The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the KKK | By Right of Birth | Body and Soul | Regeneration | The Flying Ace | Ten Nights in a Bar Room | Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies (1924-1926) | The Scar of Shame | Eleven P.M. | Hell-Bound Train | Verdict Not Guilty | Heaven-Bound Travelers | The Darktown Revue | The Girl from Chicago | Ten Minutes to Live | Veiled Aristocrats | Birthright | The Bronze Buckaroo | Zora Neale Hurston Fieldwork Footage | Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 | The Blood of Jesus | Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
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This collection of the works of America's legendary first African-American filmmakers is the only one of its kind. Funded in part by a highly successful Kickstarter campaign, the packaged set includes no fewer than a dozen feature-length films and nearly twice as many shorts and rare fragments. Subject matter includes race issues that went unaddressed by Hollywood for decades. 

  • Year: 1915-1946
  • Time: 1131 total min.

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Release Information:

Technical Specifications

Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (5 Discs)
Total: 5 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
(Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Musical Score PCM Stereo 2.0
English PCM Mono 2.0
Resolution:
1080p/24

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included: Introduction, Featurette, Newsreel Footage, Restoration Demonstration, Interview, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
  • An Introduction
  • The Films of Oscar Micheaux
  • Screen Snapshots: Footage of Oscar Micheaux
  • The Color Line
  • Introduction for Ten Nights in a Bar Room
  • About the Restoration
  • Religion in Early African-American Cinema
  • An Introduction for Eleven P.M.
  • Interview with Film Historian S. Torriano Berry
  • We Work Again Newsreel
  • Trailer for Veiled Aristocrats
  • Trailer for Birthright
  • Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
  • The Films of Zora Neale Hurston
  • The Films of Spencer Williams
  • The End of an Era
  • 80-page booklet with essays and detailed film notes

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Two Knights of Vaudeville
Mercy the Mummy Mumbled
A Reckless Rover
Within Our Gates
The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the KKK
By Right of Birth
Body and Soul
7.2500/10
Regeneration
The Flying Ace
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies (1924-1926)
The Scar of Shame
Eleven P.M.
Hell-Bound Train
Verdict Not Guilty
Heaven-Bound Travelers
The Darktown Revue
The Girl from Chicago
Ten Minutes to Live
Veiled Aristocrats
Birthright
The Bronze Buckaroo
Zora Neale Hurston Fieldwork Footage
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
The Blood of Jesus
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
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