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| Midnight Ramble (1994) | |
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| File:Midnight ramble.jpg Original Documentary Poster | |
| Directed by | Pearl Bowser Bestor Cram |
| Written by | Clyde Taylor |
| Produced by | Beth Deare Pamela A. Thomas |
| Starring | James Avery Toni Cade Bambara St. Claire Bourne Sr. Pearl Bowser Dorothy Delfs |
| Cinematography | Bestor Cram Bruce Johnson |
| Edited by | Kathy Russ |
| Music by | Caleb Sampson |
| Distributed by | American Experience |
Release date | October 26, 1994 |
Running time | 60 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Midnight Ramble is a documentary about Black Hollywood from the period between [[1910]] through the [[1940]]s movies that were commonly known as "race movies." Over 500 movies were produced. It’s a tribute to a very misunderstood, and mysterious film genre that lasted for over forty years. James Avery narrates this exploration of the early black film industry. Early on they tried to counteract Hollywood stereotypes. The film focuses especially on the work of Oscar Micheaux, a controversial filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed over 40 features, who tackled difficult social issues in Black America. In selecting the films to be shown, producers called upon the expertise of its staff and that of film historians and professors at Yale and Duke universities and film archivist Pearl Bowser.[1] It includes clips from films by a number of African American directors of the period, which is helpful since many of these films are difficult to find or unavailable.[2]
Full Cast List
James Avery: Narrator Toni Cade Bambara: Commentator (author) Elton Fax: Commentator (illustrator) Carlton Moss: Commentator (filmmaker) Dorothy Delfs: Commentator Shingzie Howard: Commentator (actress) Herb Jeffries: Commentator (actor) Robert Hall: Commentator (historian) Pearl Bowser: Commentator (archivist) Frances E. Williams: Commentator (actress) Olive Delfs: Commentator St. Claire Bourne Sr.: Commentator (journalist) Edna Mae Harris: Commentator (actress)
Footnotes
- ^ Looking back at black films: Retrieved August 14, 2007
- ^ Paula C. Barnes. New Voices on the Harlem Renaissance: Essays on Race, Gender, and Literary Discourse, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, p. 276, (2006) - ISBN 0838640737
References
Janet K. Cutler, Phyllis Rauch Klotman. Struggles for Representation: African American Documentary Film and Video, Indiana University Press, (2004) - ISBN 0253213479