Within Our Gates
“Not Merely a Common Moving Picture - A Screen Masterpiece”
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
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Cast
17 people
Evelyn Preer
Sylvia Landry
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Flo Clements
Alma Prichard
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James D. Ruffin
Conrad Drebert - Sylvia's Fiancé
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Jack Chenault
Larry Prichard - Alma's Stepbrother
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Charles D. Lucas
Dr. V. Vivian
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Bernice Ladd
Mrs. Geraldine Stratton
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Mrs. Evelyn
Mrs. Elena Warwick
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William Starks
Jasper Landry
Mattie Edwards
Jasper's Wife
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E.G. Tatum
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Grant Edwards
Emil Landry
Grant Gorman
Armand Gridlestone
Oscar Micheaux Director
Budget $15K · United States release January 12, 1920 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$15,000
Production
Micheaux Book & Film Company
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · January 12, 1920
Theatrical
Argentina
March 10, 2007 · Theatrical · (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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