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THE EXILE

OSCAR MICHEAUX | 93 min | United States | 1931

Micheaux’s first feature with sound, and the first African American–directed sound film, is a rousing romance/thriller adapted from the director’s own semi-autobiographical 1913 novel "The Conquest," in which he drew upon the years he spent as the lone Black cattle rancher on the South Dakota prairie.


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