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The symbol of the unconquered a story of the Ku Klux Klan
Title
The symbol of the unconquered [videorecording] : a story of the Ku Klux Klan/ Oscar Micheaux presents.
Published
[United States]: Turner Classic Movies, 1998.
Physical Description
1 videocassette (ca. 59 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Videocassette release of the 1920 silent motion picture.
"Restored by the Museum of Modern Art Dept. of Film and Video and Turner Classic Movies in cooperation with The Oscar Micheaux Society." - Credits.
In this version made from a rediscovered print, some footage, including a central action sequence, is missing and is replaced by title cards.
Written, produced, and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; added musical score, Max Roach ; titles transcribed and translated by Charles Musser.
Silent film with English intertitles; percussion score added.
Summary
When oil is discovered on a black prospector's land, a black man who passes as white conspires with whites and the Klan to try to force him out.
Variant and related titles
Story of the Ku Klux Klan
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 17, 2002
Credits
Written, produced, and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; added musical score, Max Roach ; titles transcribed and translated by Charles Musser.
Cast
Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault, Mattie Wilkes, Louis Dean, Leigh Whipper.
System details note
VHS format.
Subjects
Also listed under
Micheaux Film Corporation.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Film Library.
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