Birthright
5.8
“A story of the negro —and the South”
After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.
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Carman Newsome
Peter Siner
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Cissie
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Alec Lovejoy
Tump Pack
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Hazel Diaz
Ida May
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Trixie Smith
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W. Herbert Jelley
Ida Forsyne
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John Ward
C. R. Chase
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H. E. Knight
George Lessey
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Go West
Oscar Micheaux Director · Thomas Sigismund Stribling Author Robert J. Marshall Cinematographer
United States release January 1, 1938 · Produced in United States
Production
Micheaux Picture Corporation
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1938
Theatrical
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