With a Crooked Stick-The Films of Oscar Micheaux

by J. Ronald Green

With a "crooked stick," filmmaker Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) sought to hit a "straight lick" by stressing the strategic importance of class mobility, or "uplift," for African Americans. A theme in all of his more than 40 feature-length, black-produced, black-directed, black-cast, and black-audience films, uplift would allow for the better things in life: fast cars and fancy clothes, freedom of belief, financial security, and an unencumbered intellectual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253217156
• ISBN13: 9780253217158
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher