Straight Lick: The Cinema of Oscar Micheaux

by J. Ronald Green

Book Overview

A critical examination of the films of Oscar Micheaux.

One of the most original and successful filmmakers of all time, Oscar Micheaux was born into a rural, working-class, African-American family in mid-America in 1884, yet he created an impressive legacy in commercial cinema. Between 1913 and 1951 he wrote, directed, and distributed some forty-three feature films, more than any other black filmmaker in the world, a record of production...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253337534
• ISBN13: 9780253337535
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher